Ben Yu

Kazuo Ishiguro's haunting masterpiece "Never Let Me Go" presents a world that feels both impossibly distant and uncomfortably familiar. What makes Ishiguro's novel so disturbing isn't its science fiction premise, but how it illuminates the mechanisms of dehumanization that operate in our own world. The story's power lies not in

Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station is a sobering counterpoint to the idyllic vision of Japan we often see presented in the media. Through the eyes of Kazu, a ghost haunting Ueno Park after a life of hardship and homelessness, the novel presents the stark realities of capitalism’s human

Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, is perhaps his most accessible work to date. While still brimming with his signature blend of magical realism and surreal elements, this novel feels like a more restrained and introspective iteration of the themes he has explored throughout his