Genre: <span>Fiction</span>

Forbidden Colors

In Tokyo, a young man with homosexual tendencies is paid by a famous writer to humiliate three women who have made the writer unhappy.

April 22, 2013

The key ; and, Diary of a mad old man

These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all.

April 22, 2013

In the 17th Century, a Japanese trade delegation travels to Mexico accompanied by Father Velasco, a Franciscan missionary acting as interpreter. On the way he converts them, using the argument that this will assure the success of their mission. It doesn’t and on their return to Japan they are persecuted for their new faith.

April 22, 2013

Paulownia : seven stories from contemporary Japanese writers

April 22, 2013

The Showa anthology : modern Japanese short stories

April 22, 2013

The River Ki

Powerful enough to sweep away people on its banks and placid enough to carry along with its flow a sumptuous wedding procession, the River Ki dominates the lives of the people who live in its fertile valley and imparts a vital strength to the three women–mother, daughter, and granddaughter–around whom this novel is built. It…

April 22, 2013

Birthday

Thirty years before the tragic events of Ring, Sadako Yamamura was an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut. The beautiful and ravishing Sadako was the object of every male’s desire involved with the company including n the director. There was one thespian she was interested in, but… Fast forward past the…

April 22, 2013

A rainbow in the desert : an anthology of early twentieth century Japanese children’s literature

A collection of Japanese children’s literature in translation spans three decades with contributions by major authors as well as familiar lullabies.

April 22, 2013

Breaking into Japanese literature : seven modern classics in parallel text

This is a graded reader for Japanese literature. There are 7 stories, 4 by Soseki and 3 by Akutagawa, representing 3 different reading levels. In each case the story is presented in Japanese and English with a running dictionary of terms used.

April 22, 2013

Genre: Fiction

Forbidden Colors

The key ; and, Diary of a mad old man

The ruined map

The samurai : a novel.

Paulownia : seven stories from contemporary Japanese writers

The River Ki

Birthday

A rainbow in the desert : an anthology of early twentieth century Japanese children’s literature

Breaking into Japanese literature : seven modern classics in parallel text