Goodbye Tsugumi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cou…
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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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- japanese literature
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"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. 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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3. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel
By: Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell
3.74
Format: 336 pages,
From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, … read more
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4. Goodbye Tsugumi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cou… read more
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- contemporary
- japan
5. Sweet Bean Paste
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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6. Hotel Iris
By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
A tale of twisted love from Yoko Ogawa--author of The Diving Pooland The Housekeeper and the Profes… read more
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7. The Housekeeper and the Professor
By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he ha… read more
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8. Strange Weather in Tokyo
By: Hiromi Kawakami
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school… read more
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9. Record of a Night Too Brief
By: Hiromi Kawakami , Lucy North
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo. In these three hau… read more
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10. Grotesque
By: Natsuo Kirino , Rebecca Copeland
4.06
Format: None pages,
Tokyo prostitutes Yuriko and Kazue have been brutally murdered, their deaths leaving a wake of unan… read more
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11. Vladivostok Circus
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.49
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A Vladivostok, dans l'enceinte désertée d'un cirque entre deux saisons, un trio s'entraîne à la bar… read more
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12. All the Lovers in the Night
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more
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"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
13. Convenience Store Woman
By: Sayaka Murata
3.69
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
The English-language debut of one of Japan's most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,0… read more
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- contemporary
"A convenience store is a world of sound."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"People who are considered normal enjoy putting those who aren't on trial, you know."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"Anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"Well, I guess anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
14. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.65
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more
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"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
15. The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.45
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
Who loves Mr Nishino?Minami is the daughter of Mr Nishino's true love.Bereaved Shiori is tempted by… read more
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"People have the right to fall in love, but not the right to be loved."-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"Of course, everyone has a touch of madness in them. In fact, there’s something frightening about a person who isn’t a little crazy."-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"He had underestimated me. All along. Even though I had not underestimated him. But, how do you love someone without blinding yourself? Don’t we all have to indulge each other, let our guard down, and…"-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
"I really just couldn’t think of anything. Absolutely nothing that I wanted to do. There were plenty of things that I don’t want to do. Like torment animals. Or be jealous of other people’s happiness.…"-Hiromi Kawakami, The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino
16. Breasts and Eggs
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.86
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting e… read more
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"Then there are the real bastards, like my ex,"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"Mi sentivo come un essere privato della carne e della pelle e ridotto a sole ossa. Un carapace enorme completamente cavo."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"We could worry about tomorrow when it came. What mattered most right now is how we would spend the remainder of today, even if it was half over."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"I could see people all around me, but I almost felt like nobody could see me. I heard a train go by, rumbling down the tracks, drawing a thick line between the world and my experience. I was getting …"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
17. Heaven
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-y… read more
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"Karena kau selalu dilukai, kau sungguh-sungguh memahami seperti apakah orang terluka."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"The more I looked at it, the less it seemed like something for a house. More like a tiny gravestone."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"You think about how other people feel. You're so kind. It makes sense. Because we're always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"People are always dying. It's a perfect truth. No matter how we live our lives, we all die, sooner or later. In which case, living is really just waiting to die."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
18. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.70
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more
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"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
19. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
20. 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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"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
21. 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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