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…
Want to ReadIf you liked the asia plot in Demons (Yeoyu, #7) by Kang Hwagil , here is a list of 17 books like this:
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
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Osamu Dazai's Schoolgirl book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- short stories
- fiction
"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. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Tomoka Shibasaki's Spring Garden book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"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
3. Asleep
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she s… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Banana Yoshimoto's Asleep book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
4. Amrita
By: Banana Yoshimoto
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconve… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Banana Yoshimoto's Amrita book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
5. Diary of a Mad Old Man
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Howard Hibbett
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Diary of a Mad Old Man is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's Diary of a Mad Old Man book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
6. Friendship For Grown-Ups
By: None
4.32
Format: 210 pages,
The Untouchable Apartment Kandagawa's relationship with Mano ended over four years ago, which is wh… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's Friendship For Grown-Ups book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
7. The House of Mirth
By: Edith Wharton , Nina Bawden
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
First published in 1905, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, p… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
8. 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
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Han Kang's Greek Lessons book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- 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
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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Satoshi Yagisawa's More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
10. 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
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Mieko Kawakami's All the Lovers in the Night book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"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
11. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Bora Chung's Cursed Bunny book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"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
12. 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
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Elisa Shua Dusapin's The Pachinko Parlour book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"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
13. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
14. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Claudia Piñeiro's Elena Knows book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- fiction
"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
15. 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
Want to Read $ 9.59Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
16. Bluebeard's Castle
By: Anna Biller
3.22
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A subversive take on the famous French fairy tale from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, an… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Anna Biller's Bluebeard's Castle book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- fiction
- horror
17. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Yukio Mishima's Life for Sale book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"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
18. The Aosawa Murders
By: Riku Onda
3.60
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
The novel starts in the 1960s when 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a party given by the owner… read more
Want to Read $ 8.54Similar categories in Riku Onda's The Aosawa Murders book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"Green that verges on darkness."-Riku Onda, The Aosawa Murders
"Every person spoke in the sincere belief that what they said was the absolute truth, but if one thinks about it, it's difficult to describe an actual event in words exactly as one sees it. More like …"-Riku Onda, The Aosawa Murders
19. 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
Want to Read $ 6.14Similar categories in Nanae Aoyama's A Perfect Day to Be Alone book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"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
20. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's The Factory book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- fiction
"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
21. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.83
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Seishi Yokomizo's The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3) book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- fiction
"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
22. 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
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Seichō Matsumoto's Agenzia A book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
23. Winter in Sokcho
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.56
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Elisa Shua Dusapin's Winter in Sokcho book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
24. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Natsuko Imamura's Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- short stories
- fiction
25. The Bookshop Woman
By: Nanako Hanada
3.60
Format: 204 pages, ebook
A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurf… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Nanako Hanada's The Bookshop Woman book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
26. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Yōko Tawada's Scattered All Over the Earth book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"People are always saying the humanities are dead so it's strange how many conferences there are."-Yōko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth
27. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Kyoko Yoshida's Spring Sleepers book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7) book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
29. One Hundred Shadows
By: Hwang Jungeun
3.58
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Han Kang’s Human Acts meets Yōko Ogawa’s The Memory Police in this und… read more
Want to Read $ 13.77Similar categories in Hwang Jungeun's One Hundred Shadows book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- asia
- fiction
"Are we ghosts? we wondered. Who could tell, this late at night. We might be ghosts seeking others of our kind, walking under a pale moon."-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows
"More than anything else, Nana's not sure if she wants to open up Sora and Aeja and Nana herself to Moseh ssi, not so much the actual Sora, Aeja, and Nana, but as they exist for her, inside her. Betwe…"-Hwang Jungeun, One Hundred Shadows
30. Take My Voice (IYAGI, #2)
By: Chung Serang
3.94
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
"The bloodstains on the linoleum were impossible to remove completely." A madcap, sci-fi, found-… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Chung Serang's Take My Voice (IYAGI, #2) book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- short stories
- fiction
31. Knockoff Viagra & Jeje (IYAGI, #1)
By: Sang Young Park
3.68
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
"I had been called to pick up Jeje from a karaoke bar in Jongno district..." A deftly expressive… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sang Young Park's Knockoff Viagra & Jeje (IYAGI, #1) book and Kang Hwagil's Demons (Yeoyu, #7)
- short stories
- fiction
