Genre: Fiction
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The setting sun
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The lake
The tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist.
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Botchan
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The decay of the angel
During the last years of his life, Honda adopts an orphaned boy and teaches him about Japanese society and tradition.
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The reed cutter and Captain Shigemoto’s mother : two novellas
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Volcano.
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Autumn wind and other stories
Westerners familiar only with stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen will be surprised by the cast of characters translator Lane Dunlop introduces in this anthology. Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive.
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The Oxford book of Japanese short stories
Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the younger generation dealing with the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story, the Japanese literary genre.
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Ashes
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Dark water
A collection of horror short stories from the acclaimed author of Ring and Spiral. These spooky stories share the sea as a theme.