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First of all I enjoyed this movie deeply. It is well-written. We can experience the inside of Christian Dior’s fashion house, which has a long tradition. I love fashion, and I have a style I like to wear so the fashion is important to me. Frédéric Tcheng, a director of this movie, has great eyes emotionally […]

After seeing the recent movie about Seymour Bernstein, I read this book to follow. First of all I could not find the original book in English (of course!) so I checked out the book translated in Japanese at the LA Public Library. I must say the translation is not good unfortunately. The language is not […]

It was my first tme to hear a cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, a 2011 XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition winner. I have heard a great reputation about him, and I was so looking forward to it. He chose to play Saint Saens concerto, and after finishing it, he played Armenian composer’s unaccompanied sonata. He played it to […]

I went to the last performance of this production today.  It is just great! James Conlon gave us a wonderful pre-concert talk on the opera. I learned several new facts around Mozart’s opera, and it made sense during the performance. Conlon is a great speaker. For instance, the famous overture is linked to the ending […]

何という冒険物語だろうか。夢がある。パワーがある。涙がある。愛がある。勇気がある。我々にとって、生きる糧になる源だ。誰もが憧れる、「生」がある。この本には、何の説明もいらない。そにかく、読んでください。

It is a very strong movie in many ways. Clint Eastwood is a director of “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in the U.S. military history, a nicknamed “Legend”. He had a special mind to complete his 4 tours to Iraq, and survived through many dangerous moments. His mind was very focused […]

Seymour Bernstein started playing the piano as a little boy (that is not actually so special because most of professional pianists start our training pretty early), and he showed his exceptional talent in his early years. Interestingly when he turned 15 he was already teaching piano to others. He enjoyed an amazing performing career, but he […]

“Delicatessen” has a long history. It is a center of Jewish Culture, and reflects the heart of a vital ethnic history in America. I am a Japanese, and my food preference is almost opposite of Delicatessen food (!), but it is very fascinating. Almost exotic to me. Jewish people are serious about Deli food. In Houston, […]

東野さんのすごい才能で、読者を強く引っ張っていく、かなりの長編だ。そして、ホテル業界の奥へ、ずんずん入っていく。そこで、起きる数々の人間ドラマ。事件だけでなく、ホテルの日常をドラマチックに書いている。面白いし、やめられなくなるのだが、結末というか、事件の動機が、私にはちょっと弱い気がした。４５０ページの本を読み進むと、それなりに愛着が湧き、最後への期待感が膨らむもので、長旅を共にした本の最後が、「こんな動機で、大それた事件を起こすだろうか・・・」という感じ。でも、東野さんの文章力のすごさに、私は今回も魅了され続けた。

この噂の女は神出鬼没。いろいろな人の暮らしの、あちこちに出てくる。そして、とても強欲で、図々しい。又、頭も相当良い。色仕掛けで、次々に男を手玉に取る。ようするに、ハチャメチャなのだ。その噂の女に、私は筆者の強い愛情を感じてしまう。何か不思議な小説だ。