Genre: Fiction
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The sailor who fell from grace with the sea
Explores an adolescent’s response to his mother’s love affair with a handsome visitor to Yokohama.
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The Gourmet Club : a sextet
A collection of six short stories that have been translated into English for the first time, and vividly explore an array of human passions.
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Kangaroo notebook : a novel
One man’s hell at the hands of the health establishment in Japan. It begins when he discovers radishes sprouting from his shins. Admitted to hospital, he finds himself in the grip of bizarre forces: a self-propelled hospital bed, doctors intent on curing the wrong ailments, infant ghosts and mysterious windstorms.
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Kiku’s prayer : a novel
Endo Shusaku was a renowned twentieth-century Japanese author who wrote from the unusual perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. His work is often compared to that of Graham Greene, who himself considered Endo one of the century’s finest writers. A historical novel set in the turbulent period between the fall of the shogunate and…
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The wild geese
In The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender’s mistress. Her dawning consciousness of her predicament brings the novel to a touching climax.
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Inside and other short fiction : Japanese women by Japanese women
Inside and other short fiction showcases the very best of recent writing by Japanese women writers today-including prize-winning novelists and authors never before published in English-as they explore the issue of female identity in a rapidly changing society. Amy Yamada (“Fiesta”), widely published overseas and with many fans among Western readers, offers us a sophisticated…
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The devil’s whisper
Slowly, the answers are uncovered by sixteen-year-old Mamoru, the nephew of the taxi driver currently being held by the police on charges of manslaughter for the death of the third victim. Determined to help his uncle, the enterprising young protagonist discovers that the girl killed by his uncle’s taxi had participated in a devious scam.
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What the maid saw : eight psychic tales
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Japanese short stories.
Short stories.
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Morning glories