Before I started to read it, I assumed it would be like the Japanese novels that have been written for and released on cell phones—more or less the same old structure on a different platform—and I thought to myself “a novel released in 140-character installments? UNNECESSARY! INDULGENT!” But after reading through a little bit of it, it’s actually kinda clever and meta and even funny at times. He’s even created multiple fake twitter accounts for it and it’s quite interesting how he weaves the story through time and (internet) space. It makes me wonder why with blogs being so incredibly popular we haven’t seen more of this kind of 4-dimensional narrative (or maybe we have and I’m just not aware of it?).
It is, however, written in Japanese, so file this one under “this is only interesting if you know Japanese.”
About Me
My name is Lawrence Denes.After spending 5 years studying Japanese language, culture, literature, and history in St. Louis and Kyoto, I now live in Japan, in a town that most Japanese people have never even heard of, lost amid the rice fields and vending machines.
Please feel free to ask me anything, or send me an email.
