The Decay of the Angel
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, 'The Decay of the Angel' brings together the domina…
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1. Sanshirō
By: Jay Rubin , Natsume Sōseki
3.82
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving t… read more
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"Desire is a frightening thing."-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Doğa, bir mücevheri yaratana kadar kim bilir kaç yıl harcamıştır. Yine o mücevher, madencinin şansı yaver gidene dek, yıldızlar altında kaç yıl, tek başına parlamıştır?"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Ora io sto studiando questo libro solo per l'esame, solo per guadagnarmi il pane, trattenendo rabbia e lacrime. Ricordate: sia maledetto per sempre il sistema degli esami!"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Hirota feels strongly drawn toward nature and the natural, is hyper-sensitive to the artificial—particularly that most cramped and constraining man-made creation, society—and does his best to avoid i…"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
2. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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3. Rashomon and Other Stories
By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Takashi Kojima
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories o… read more
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4. Demons
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.30
Format: 733 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more
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"God is the pain of the fear of death"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
5. The Decay of the Angel
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
As the dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility, 'The Decay of the Angel' brings together the domina… read more
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6. Naomi
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Anthony H. Chambers
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Junichiro Tanizaki's Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man's obsession and a brilliant reckoni… read more
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7. The Atrocity Exhibition
By: William S. Burroughs , J.G. Ballard , V. Vale , Phoebe Gloeckner , Andrea Juno , Ana Barrado
4.11
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Easily one of the 20th century's most visionary writers, J. G. Ballard still lives far ahead of his… read more
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8. The Obscene Bird of Night
By: José Donoso , Hardie St. Martin , Leonard Mades
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the g… read more
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9. Mishima: A Biography
By: John Nathan
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both… read more
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10. The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
By: Henry Scott Stokes
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima This biography begins with the spectacularly tragic last day of… read more
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11. Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , None , Maki Sugiyama
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wart… read more
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12. The Woman in the Dunes
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
3.89
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, su… read more
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"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?"-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Aşa se spune, înfrangerea începe cu teama de a fi înfrant."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
13. The Key
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.25
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
'This year I intend to begin writing freely about a topic which, in the past, I have hesitated to m… read more
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14. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Lane Dunlop , J. Martin Holman
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, the novelist Yasunari Kawabata felt the essence… read more
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15. The Silent Cry
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Bester
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Two brothers, Takashi and Mitsu, return from Tokyo to the village of their childhood. The selling o… read more
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16. The Sound of the Mountain
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
By day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble fro… read more
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17. The Three-Cornered World
By: Natsume Sōseki , None
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
"An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay… read more
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18. Kokoro
By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan
3.77
Format: None pages,
Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more
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19. Thousand Cranes
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.71
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousa… read more
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"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Коли вона померла, я з жалем подумала: навіть якщо її не розуміли, то все одно смерть не можна виправдати. Смерть виключає будь-яку надію на порозуміння."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"– Понимаете, Кикудзисан, человек не может быть благоразумным и мудрым, если в нем слишком сильно мужское или женское начало. – Да? Значит, мудрость среднего пола? – Иронизируете? Ну, ну… Однако, когд…"-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
20. 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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"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
21. Mishima ou La vision du vide
By: Marguerite Yourcenar
3.69
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Le 24 novembre 1970, Mishima prépare avec un soin minutieux sa mort. Il est âgé de quarante-cinq an… read more
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