japanese literature

in english

search japanese books translated into english:

South of the border, west of the sun

Translated by Philip Gabriel

If you buy books linked on this site, I may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

A Japanese novel on a married businessman who has an affair with the girl of his youth. Hajime’s relationship with Shimamoto had always been chaste, now they both make up for it–25 years later. By the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

japanese title: Kokkyo no minami, taiyo no nishi
notes: Japanese title: Kokkyo no minami, taiyo no nishi.
subjects: Love stories, Fiction
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780375402517
OCLC number: 37981886
publisher: Knopf, Distributed by Random House, 1999; Vintage, 2010
publication place: New York
japanese publication date: 1992
english publication date: 1999
document type: Book
description: 213 p. ; 20 cm.