On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:13:35 -0000, "Paul Blay"
<ask_me_or_get_spam_trapped@saotome.demon.co.uk> brought down from the
Mount tablets inscribed:

><declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>> Paul Blay wrote:
>>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote ...
>>> > Actually, Botchan and Kokoro are both decent books, although not 
>>> > necessarily reflective of present-day Japan.
>>>
>>> I *started* to read Botchan, not really my 好み but I could see that it's
>>> well written.
>> 
>> The original or the translation? 
>
>The original of course.  The day I start reading books translated
>from Japanese you can drag me away from my computer and
>bury me 'cuz I'll be dead.
 
You and me both.

A big old-fashioned AOL-style "Me too!!!" regarding your comments on
it.





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