Mono no Aware by Ken Liu (5 stars) Mono no aware is a Japanese phrase meaning “the pathos of things”. It’s the bittersweet feeling of sadness at the impermanence of things, a careful blend of appreciation and sadness that nothing can last forever. It’s the phrase I didn’t know that I needed in my life – but I think I do, because I experience it fairly often. I think it’s one of the reasons I love Haruki Murakami’s work so much. There is a delicate […]
Short story review dump (Part III)
Mono no aware by Ken Liu
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
The Hofzinser Club by Michael Chabon
The Baboon War by Nnedi Okorafor
Childfinder by Octavia E. Butler
The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever