Touring the Land of the Dead (and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
By: Maki Kashimada
3.07
Format: 144 pages, ebook
A story from one of Japan's rising literary stars about memory, loss, and love, Touring the Land of…
Want to Read $ 11.99"If you're beset on by unhappiness, it isn't unreasonable to expect happiness to have its turn in the future"-Maki Kashimada, Touring the Land of the Dead (and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
"If you're beset on by unhappiness, it isn't unreasonable to expect happiness to have its turn in the future"-Maki Kashimada, Touring the Land of the Dead (and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
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1. Mi sa che fuori è primavera
By: Concita De Gregorio
3.87
Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition
Ferite d’oro. Quando un oggetto di valore si rompe, in Giappone, lo si ripara con oro liquido. È un… read more
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- literary fiction
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2. Flappers and Philosophers
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.96
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
By the Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer regarded as one of the greatest Amer… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
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"we both fitted. If our corners were not rubbed off they were at least pulled in. But deep in us both was something that made us require more for happiness. I didn't know what I wanted"-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers
"This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes. From the western half of the sky the sun was…"-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers
3. Spring Garden
By: Tomoka Shibasaki , Polly Barton
3.27
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a sharp, photo-realistic novella of memory and thwarted hope'He'd co… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"Avoiding bother was Taro's governing principle. It wasn't that he was a stick-in-the-mud. It was just that, rather than putting himself out in order to get the more pleasing or interesting things he …"-Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden
"His home town as it existed in his memory seemed distant to him, like something that belonged to another person. It was almost as though he'd mistaken a place he'd seen on TV or in a film for a thing…"-Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden
4. Moshi moshi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Gala Maria Follaco
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Dopo aver perso il padre in quello che ha tutta l'aria di essere stato un doppio suicidio d'amore, … read more
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5. The Master Key
By: Masako Togawa , None
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more
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6. Tokyo Express
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.68
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
7. Non è un lavoro per ragazze
By: Kazuki Sakuraba
3.23
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Fino a che punto può spingersi l'odio nei confronti degli adulti e un'amicizia suggellata dalla com… read more
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- asia
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- asian literature
- contemporary
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8. 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
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- japanese literature
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"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
9. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
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10. Parti e omicidi
By: Sayaka Murata
3.76
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more
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- asia
- short stories
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- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
11. Le strane storie di Fukiage. Vol. 1
By: Banana Yoshimoto
2.73
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"Mimi e Kodachi sono due sorelle gemelle cresciute nella cittadina di Fukiage. Allevate da una copp… read more
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- asia
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- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
12. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
By: Jaime Green
4.02
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A dazzling cultural and scientific exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the poss… read more
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"We’re not alone because we’re not separate from the swirl of a galaxy’s arms or the way wind catches dust in a gyre. We’re no more an anomaly than an atom is."-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
"…science fiction writers may have been the first people to realize the unknowability of where technology would lead us… Where it used to be possible to set stories millennia in the future—affording h…"-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
13. Appartamento 401
By: Shūichi Yoshida
3.31
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Ryosuke, Kotomi, Mirai, Naoki condividono un appartamento nel quartiere di Setagaya di Tokyo. La vi… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"I hate that word." "What word?" "Truth. I don't feel any truth in it."-Shūichi Yoshida, Appartamento 401
"It was tough coming to the realization that I wasn’t interested in anything, though realizing it didn’t mean I could then immediately find something to engage my interest. I tried to think of somethi…"-Shūichi Yoshida, Appartamento 401
14. 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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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- contemporary
- 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
15. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)
By: Keigo Higashino
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
16. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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- literary fiction
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
17. A Woman of Pleasure
By: Kiyoko Murata
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- japan
18. Mild Vertigo
By: Mieko Kanai
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more
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- contemporary
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19. Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
By: Sady Doyle
4.10
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop c… read more
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"We would rather see girls stopped dead—stuck in a constant childhood that never decays—than let them grow into women who can pursue their desires."-Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
"Once a woman is free to desire and pursue her own desires, she moves beyond the reach of our empathy; she's a threat that must be contained or destroyed."-Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
"The ultimate violence patriarchy does to women is to make us believe we deserve what has been done to us—a loop forever closing, breaking us so that we will raise broken women."-Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
"[...] ora le donne non possono più fermarsi. Ci riprenderemo il mondo, i nostri corpi e tutte le possibilità che ci sono state negate. Quando apriremo bocca, i nostri oppressori dovranno tacere e, qu…"-Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
20. Uova
By: Hitonari Tsuji
3.67
Format: 183 pages, ebook
Attorno al bancone di un izakaya le vite delle persone si sfiorano, si incrociano per il tempo di u… read more
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21. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #2)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.65
Format: None pages, ebook
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Kamogawa Food … read more
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- asia
- fiction
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- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
22. Mysterious Setting
By: Kazushige Abe
3.58
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A madcap, darkly comic novel about the strange fate of a tone-deaf girl who just wants to sing, fro… read more
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- japan
- asian literature
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23. Organ Meats
By: K-Ming Chang
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Two girls are bound by red string and canine heritage in this vivid tale about female companionship… read more
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- asian literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
24. Die Katzen von Shinjuku
By: Durian Sukegawa
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Shinjuku, ein Viertel in Tokio in den Achtzigerjahren: Hier treffen sie aufeinander – Yama, ein ges… read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
- japan
25. The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 1
By: Kousuke Satake
3.70
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
A WITCH'S CURSE Guideau: a feral girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. Ashaf: a soft-spo… read more
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26. The Dolphin House
By: Audrey Schulman
3.78
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Based on the true story of the 1965 "dolphin house" experiment, this spellbinding novel captures th… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
27. Touring the Land of the Dead (and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
By: Maki Kashimada
3.07
Format: 144 pages, ebook
A story from one of Japan's rising literary stars about memory, loss, and love, Touring the Land of… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- contemporary
- japan
"If you're beset on by unhappiness, it isn't unreasonable to expect happiness to have its turn in the future"-Maki Kashimada, Touring the Land of the Dead (and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
28. 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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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
29. Goodnight Tokyo
By: Atsuhiro Yoshida
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metrop… read more
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30. Red Crosses
By: Sasha Filipenko
4.14
Format: 208 pages, ebook
Sasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day, in a nov… read more
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31. The Heartbeat Library
By: Laura Imai Messina
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Nel sud-ovest del Giappone, in una pozza di mare condivisa da due province, Kagawa e Okayama, nuota… read more
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