On Literature and Twitter

Started reading Chihaya Akane’s “Male Friend”  (千早茜、男ともだち).

Though I am struggling a bit with slang and figure of speeches, I enjoy the writing.

Telling a story of a successful illustrator, cheating on her husband , meeting sometimes with her old University friend. A Male friend. I like the way she created the characters and tells their story, although I feel annoyance reading some parts.

Searched for information about the writer, I found her twitter page. I agree it is not that interesting, but was shocked to see she has only 1115 followers (well, 1116 if I decide to follow her as well).

There is something really strange in our culture if a valued writer has 1115 followers and a TV personality has 3.73 Millions

Chihaya Ariyoshi

 

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