Spring Sleepers
By: Kyoko Yoshida
3.52
Format: 44 pages, Chapbook
Yuki has not slept in two months. He's been infected with genuine insomnia -- a condition that is s…
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1. Kong's Garden (K-Fiction 006)
By: Jeon Seung-hee , None
3.13
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
This "K-Fiction" Series represents the brightest of young imaginative voices in contemporary Korean… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
2. In Between the Sheets
By: Ian McEwan
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seve… read more
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3. The Invention of Morel
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms
4.00
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more
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- fiction
"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel
4. Disgrace
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more
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5. Transparent Labyrinth
By: Keiichirō Hirano
3.19
Format: 384 pages,
Okada is on a business trip to Budapest when he meets enigmatic Misa and her Italian girlfriend, Fe… read more
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6. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
7. Rouge
By: Mona Awad
3.56
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lone… read more
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- fiction
"If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up."-Mona Awad, Rouge
"I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?"-Mona Awad, Rouge
"That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to…"-Mona Awad, Rouge
8. Our Wives Under the Sea
By: Julia Armfield
3.78
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ende… read more
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- fiction
"El océano profundo es una casa embrujada: un lugar donde se mueven en la oscuridad cosas que no deberían existir."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"She refused almost every aspect of my help, the way women will when they've been bred to accept little more than the baset civility."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"I don't know why I expected you to read my mind,' I say, when I call back to leave her a message, 'I was just doing what I always do, assuming the world revolves around me."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
"The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe."-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
9. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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- asian literature
- short stories
- fiction
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
10. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
11. Seven Empty Houses
By: Samanta Schweblin
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
12. Elena Knows
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.08
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individ… read more
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- fiction
"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
13. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.63
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
14. 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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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"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
15. 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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- 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
16. Life for Sale
By: Yukio Mishima
3.72
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
17. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
By: Yukito Ayatsuji
3.62
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"A cold death mask worn by a living man."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
18. 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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- asian literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- 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
19. The Factory
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.34
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
20. Agenzia A
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.77
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
Teiko e Kenichi Uhara, manager in un'agenzia pubblicitaria, si sono appena sposati. Subito dopo la … read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
21. The Country Will Bring Us No Peace
By: Matthieu Simard
3.66
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
22. Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight
By: Riku Onda
3.11
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Set in Tokyo over the course of one night, Aki and Hiro have decided to be together one last time i… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
23. Scattered All Over the Earth
By: Yōko Tawada
3.27
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now re… read more
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- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"People are always saying the humanities are dead so it's strange how many conferences there are."-Yōko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth
24. Untold Night and Day
By: Bae Suah
3.49
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A seductive, disorienting novel that manipulates the fragile line between dreams and reality, by So… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
"In life there are wounds that like leprosy slowly eat away at the soul in solitude."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"The door swung back so suddenly it severed them from their shadows, which were left behind like dark ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, every photograph is a unique proof of identify, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
"Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, Wolfi thought, every photograph is a unique proof of identity, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts."-Bae Suah, Untold Night and Day
25. Spring Sleepers
By: Kyoko Yoshida
3.52
Format: 44 pages, Chapbook
Yuki has not slept in two months. He's been infected with genuine insomnia -- a condition that is s… read more
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- asian literature
- japan
26. Five Preludes & a Fugue (Yeoyu, #1)
By: Cheon Heerahn
4.10
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
A young woman delves into the circumstances of her mother’s death ahead of her own marriage, interr… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
27. Europa (Yeoyu, #3)
By: Han Kang
3.82
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended unde… read more
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- asian literature
- short stories
- fiction
28. Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
By: Kang Hwagil
3.80
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
Set in a small rural village, seemingly everyday events take on a macabre meaning. We follow Kim Mi… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
29. Milena, Milena, Ecstatic (Yeoyu, #6)
By: Bae Suah
3.69
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Yun's meticulously ordered life of reading books and drinking coffee receives a jolt when a mysteri… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
30. Divorce (Yeoyu, #4)
By: Kim Soom
3.92
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
A poet reflects on the lives of the different generations of women around her as she contemplates h… read more
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- short stories
31. Left's Right, Right's Left (Yeoyu, #8)
By: Han Yujoo
3.64
Format: 33 pages, Paperback
The story takes place on a stairwell, all in about a minute’s time, while the narrator’s partner se… read more
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- fiction
