Star
By: Yukio Mishima
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screamin…
Want to Read $ 9.56"Just as evil never dies, neither does the sentimental."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"The very thing that makes a star spectacular is the same thing that strikes him from the world at large and makes him an outsider."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"A hidden poetry that will be lost if any mediocrity is shed. Genius is a casualty. The poetry must never be conspicuous — its scent is only detectable when subtle."-Yukio Mishima, Star
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1. Schoolgirl
By: Osamu Dazai , Allison Markin Powell , Adam L. Kern , None
4.02
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into t… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"I yearned for everything long gone."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Good night. I'm Cinderella without her prince. Do you know where to find me in Tokyo? You won't see me again."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
2. A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
By: Yoshida Kenkō , Meredith McKinney
3.74
Format: 51 pages, Paperback
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune wi… read more
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- classics
- asia
- short stories
- japanese literature
- japan
"It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"Knowledge leads to deception; talent and ability only serve to increase earthly desires."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky"-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
3. Ms Ice Sandwich
By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai
3.78
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
Similar categories in Osamu Dazai's La Femme de Villon book and Yukio Mishima's Star
- classics
- short stories
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
5. Self Portraits: Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
By: Osamu Dazai
3.70
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
6. Story of the Eye
By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson
3.66
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- 20th century
"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
7. In the Miso Soup
By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy
3.83
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
8. The Bridegroom Was a Dog
By: Yōko Tawada , Margaret Mitsutani
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
In these three narratives, an ingenious story-teller has created a new kind of fantasy, playful yet… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
9. The Life of a Stupid Man
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' … read more
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10. The Box Man
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
4.09
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative f… read more
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11. The Setting Sun
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more
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12. No Longer Human
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
3.99
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poign… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"Show me what you've written," I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"Then what's a synonym for woman?" "Entrails." "You're not very poetic, are you? Well, then, what's the antonym for entrails?" "Milk."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
13. The Face of Another
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
4.19
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis,this classic of postwar Japanese literat… read more
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15. Devils in Daylight
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , J. Keith Vincent
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
One morning, Takahashi, a writer who has just stayed up all night working, is interrupted by a phon… read more
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16. Snow Country
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.59
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Nobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's mast… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
- 20th century
- asian literature
- japanese literature
"국경의 긴 터널을 빠져나오자, 雪國이었다."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"Nothing is so strange when one is in love."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"In the moonlight the fine geishalike skin took on the luster of a seashell."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"The notes went out crystalline into the clean winter morning, to sound on the far, snowy peaks."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
17. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
18. The Hole
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.49
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more
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- novella
- fiction
- japan
- asian literature
- japanese literature
"I moved out here with my husband."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
19. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
20. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- novella
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
21. Territory of Light
By: Yūko Tsushima
3.59
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Territory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-yea… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
"Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?"-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light
"During the night, there had been a sound of water on the other side of the wall. In my sleep I was looking out from the fourth-floor bedroom at nearby buildings bathed in rain, gleaming with neon and…"-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light
22. The Flowers of Buffoonery
By: Osamu Dazai
3.83
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more
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- classics
- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
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- japan
"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
23. Star
By: Yukio Mishima
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screamin… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- 20th century
- fiction
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- japan
"Just as evil never dies, neither does the sentimental."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"The very thing that makes a star spectacular is the same thing that strikes him from the world at large and makes him an outsider."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"A hidden poetry that will be lost if any mediocrity is shed. Genius is a casualty. The poetry must never be conspicuous — its scent is only detectable when subtle."-Yukio Mishima, Star
24. Parade
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A brief, disquieting companion to the bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, set during a summer aft… read more
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- novella
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25. Three Japanese Short Stories
By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.28
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!' Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales fr… read more
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- classics
- short stories
- 20th century
- fiction
- asian literature
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- japan
"Heroes have always been monsters who crushed sentimentalism underfoot."-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Three Japanese Short Stories
"Oh, but once one has returned to the land of one's birth – there is no place more constricting – one's surroundings no longer permit such freedom, and one can no longer simply transcend the demands o…"-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Three Japanese Short Stories
"For her I would gladly ferry across the Sumida on the coldest winter day to buy her those sakura-mochi sweets from old Edo that she loved so much. But medicine? That is another matter. Not even on th…"-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Three Japanese Short Stories
"No, nothing in this world is as oppressive and debilitating as blood ties. Any other relationship – be it friend, lover, wife; be it obligatory or constraining or difficult – is something one has con…"-Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Three Japanese Short Stories
26. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more
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- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
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27. Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady
By: Clarice Lispector
3.52
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
"The morning became a long, drawn-out afternoon that became depthless night dawning innocently thro… read more
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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- 20th century
28. Of Dogs and Walls
By: Yūko Tsushima
3.68
Format: 53 pages, Paperback
Two luminous, tender stories from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers, showing how ch… read more
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- classics
- asia
- short stories
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- japanese literature
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"Living right in the heart of Tokyo itself is quite like living in the mountains – in the midst of so many people, one hardly sees anyone."-Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls
29. The Finger
By: William S. Burroughs
3.31
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of bloo… read more
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- fiction
- literary fiction
- classics
- short stories
30. Engle
By: Sebastian Nathan
3.74
Format: 80 pages, Softcover
Engle er en lysende smuk digtsamling om at få en psykiatrisk diagnose, at gå i behandling og at pr… read more
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31. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
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