Living in Syria + Novels about Heian Japan =

[brigdh]

Summer lies on the land like chains of gold and lapis,
heavy and bright.
These days seem so long.

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[cellophane_ria.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's beautiful.

What novels about Heian Japan? Sounds fantastic!

And I got your card! Thank you!! I'm afraid mine got lost as I sent it just before the post strike - are you staying long enough that I could send you another now?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's called 'The Fox Woman' by Kij Johnson; really excellent. I highly recommend it.

I'm glad it made it! Mail here has been weird and slow. It seems to take between 2 and 3 weeks for anything to get here, which means you may not want to risk it, as I'm leaving 3 weeks from today. Thank you so much for the thought, though!

[cellophane_ria.livejournal.com]

I'll look it up, thanks!

Yeah, it must be a lucky postcard indeed - it braved Syrian mail combined with Polish one on strike... :D Maybe mine will resurface too:)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

That book is excellent.

I need to send you something when you get back, as I was a slacker about postcards.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I adored it. I'm so glad I'd decided to bring it with me.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

She wrote another book that sounded good, though it didn't get the level of praise that The Fox Woman did. I'm still planning on reading it...at some point.

[bladderwrack.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness. In three lines, I'm there.

Th-thank you.

(Ever read any Patrick White?)

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

No, I don't recognize the name. A poet, I assume?

[bladderwrack.livejournal.com]

A novelist. (Apparently a poet also IIRC but I didn't know that until I looked it up just now.) Does atmosphere ~ although yours is less oppressive than his by several measures. If you ever get a chance to read The Twyborn Affair ... well, do give it a go^^.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds really lovely. I'll have to look up a copy.