Translator: Gabriel, Philip
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Frozen Dreams: A Japanese Adventure Novel
Based on a real-life tragedy in 1965, this novel tells the story of a party of climbers on the Hidaka mountain range on Japan’s northern island. In spite of weather warnings, six men attempt an ascent on the highest peak, Mount Poroshiri – a fateful decision that costs all their lives as they are caught…
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1Q84
An ode to George Orwell’s “1984” told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
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South of the border, west of the sun
A Japanese novel on a married businessman who has an affair with the girl of his youth. Hajime’s relationship with Shimamoto had always been chaste, now they both make up for it–25 years later. By the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.