Current literature ...

I have started Kawabata's "Snow Country".

I like a lot of world literature, but Japanese is one of my favorites. Mishima, Soseki and Akutagawa are my favorites there-in ... but i am always finding something new, especially in the short story world. It is minimalist in the way i most love minimalism ... tied to the sense but ambiguous enough for the reader to be empowered.

Basho is also very nice, but in a different kind of way, obviously.