My writing break has accidentally turned into an Asian mini-sabbatical. Read some Byung-Chul Han and some Yuk Hui (both Asians in European-philosopher disguise) and just watched some Miyazaki movies for the first time (Spirited Away, Princess Mononake, Howl’s moving castle). I guess I’m late to the (East) Asian century. I have a first manga lined up to read next. (Blame by Tsutomu Nihei).

Not sure quite what to make of it all. A lot of things are clearly popular mainly because millennials grew up with them, but I’m too old for. Gotta find an age-appropriate/interest-appropriate sampling strategy. I don’t think giant robot sagas and what seems like a surfeit of Bildungsroman fantasies are for me.

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang is pretty good fiction from south korea alas pretty depressing