Genre: Fiction
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The tale of Genji
Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the worlds first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an emperor. He is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent…
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The tale of Genji : abridged
A portrait of Genji, the Shining Prince, son of an emperor. It features on his tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes
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A Treasury of Asian literature
From the great and ancient cultures of Asia comes this fascinating collection of great prose, drama, poetry and scripture.
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Hardboiled ; & Hard luck
Presents two novellas, one about a young woman’s dream about an ex-lover while on a hiking trip, and the other about the sister of a woman lying in a coma.
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Botchan
The setting is Japan’s deep south, where the author himself spent some time teaching English in a boys’ school. Into this conservative world, with its social proprieties and established pecking order, breezes Botchan, down from the big city, with scant respect for either his elders or his noisy young charges; and the result is a…
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The temple of dawn
A young man expends his spirit in the obsessive pursuit of a beautiful woman and a passionate search for mystical enlightement.
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The secret history of the Lord of Musashi ; and, Arrowroot
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Stained glass elegies : stories
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During the rains & Flowers in the shade : two novellas
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Chickens