Genre: <span>Fiction</span>

The Heike story : a modern translation of the classic Japanese tale of love and war

The Heike Story is a modern translation of a Japanese classic. Its exotic atmosphere, narrative power, pageantry and poetry will enthrall readers and provide an entertaining introduction to an important source of Japanese culture. This new edition features a foreword by Dr. Davinder Bhowmik that introduces this celebrated author and book to modern readers.

May 28, 2013

Lament in the night

Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shoson Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to…

May 28, 2013

Fujisan

Contains four unforgettable stories of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance anchored by one of the world’s holiest peaks. Mount Fuji has been a source of spiritual inspiration since it was first ascended by a monk over a millennium.

May 28, 2013

Traditional Japanese literature : an anthology, beginnings to 1600

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the noted age of aristocratic court life into the period of warrior culture. The anthology contains new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike and generous selections from Man’yoshu, The Tale…

May 28, 2013

Season of Violence and Other Stories

May 28, 2013

New tales of tono.

May 28, 2013

Traditional Japanese literature : an anthology, beginnings to 1600, abridged edition

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the noted age of aristocratic court life into the period of warrior culture. The anthology contains new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike and generous selections from Man’yoshu, The Tale…

May 28, 2013

The cape : and other stories from the Japanese Ghetto

A collection of stories on Japan’s burakumin, former slaves considered tainted by impure blood.

May 28, 2013

Anthology of Japanese literature : from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century

This extensive anthology includes excerpts from plays and novels plus stories, fairy tales, and many poems.

May 28, 2013

Snakelust

The seven stories collected here span the range of Kenji Nakagami’s writing. He draws on the history of his birthplace, Kumano in his tales of red-eyed demons, mountain bandits and ravaged princesses. Stories with a more modern setting describe the turbulent lives of the Kumano people.

May 28, 2013

Genre: Fiction