Genre: Fiction
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Spring snow
Kiyoaki Matsugae’s passionate and ill-fated love for the betrothed daughter of a Tokyo aristocrat brings him into disfavor at the Imperial Court.
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Quicksand
The voice is insistent, attractive, persuasive – the voice of a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. Sonoko Kakiuchi’s story, however, is unsettlingly at odds with her image. It is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of deliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko’s mild-mannered lawyer husband. And at its center – seducing,…
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The sea and poison.
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Geisha in rivalry
Against the backdrop of Tokyo’s Shimbashi district, vivid characters Rikiji, Kikuchiyo, and the heroine Komayo play out their drama of illicit love, shady intrigue, and unrelenting rivalry.
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The incident at Sakai and other stories
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The devotion of suspect X
Yasuko Hanaoka thought she had escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day, the situation quickly escalates and Togashi ends up dead. Yasuko’s next-door-neighbor Ishigami offers his help, not only disposing of the body, but plotting the cover-up as well.
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Shadow family
This compelling murder mystery focuses on the murky world of Internet chat rooms. Veteran Desk Sergeant Takegami finds himself in center stage of the investigations after his colleague is hospitalized.
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The Best Japanese science fiction stories
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Hell screen and other stories
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I saw a pale horse ; and, Selected poems from Diary of a vagabond