What book are you reading now?

[OrphanPip]

"The tale of Genji".

So far I'm not sure what I think. It's definitely interesting since it's often cited as the first psychological novel ever, which is even more remarkable since it was written by a woman. Although so far it's been nothing but promiscuous adventures, poems and conversations about women. It's still fascinating because of its age but unless it starts getting a bit more intriguing I'll probably drop it since it's more than 1000 pages long o:

It's a difficult book to really get without being knowledgeable about Feudal Japanese court decorum and the intensely symbolic nature of East Asian literature from that period.

A good case can be made for the book being the oldest novel in the world, and not simply the oldest psychological novel.

As to Japanese literature in general, Natsume Soseki's Kokoro is one of my favourite novels. Yukio Mishima's Confessions of a Mask is interesting as one of the earliest works (in modern Japan) to deal openly with homosexuality, although I find Mishima a difficult read.

Edit: I am currently reading 'da Kink in my hair by trey anthony and Dryden's All for Love.