14 best-selling japan books like Ombre giapponesi by Lafcadio Hearn

Cover of Ombre giapponesi by Lafcadio Hearn

Ombre giapponesi

By: Lafcadio Hearn

4.13

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

«Darei non so che cosa per essere un Colombo letterario, per scoprire un'America Romantica in qualc…

"A che pro disegnare l'Impossibile? Perché è la verità, forse velata e mascherata, ma eterna."

-Lafcadio Hearn, Ombre giapponesi

"A che pro disegnare l'Impossibile? Perché è la verità, forse velata e mascherata, ma eterna."

-Lafcadio Hearn, Ombre giapponesi

If you liked the japan plot in Ombre giapponesi by Lafcadio Hearn , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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  • short stories
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

Cover of Shanghai: A Novel by Yokomitsu Riichi (Volume 33) (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies) by Dennis Washburn, Riichi Yokomitsu

2. Shanghai: A Novel by Yokomitsu Riichi (Volume 33) (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies)

By: Dennis Washburn , Riichi Yokomitsu

3.30

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Published serially between 1928 and 1931, Shanghai tells the story of a group of Japanese expatriat… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre

3. The Wall

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

4.17

Format: None pages,

'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night pr… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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4. Cuore

By: Edmondo de Amicis

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Samuel D. Cioran

5. The Crocodile

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Samuel D. Cioran

3.18

Format: 183 pages,

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of Kobane calling by Zerocalcare

6. Kobane calling

By: Zerocalcare

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Tre viaggi nel corso di un anno. Turchia, Iraq, Siria, per documentare la vita della resistenza cur… read more

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Cover of La scomparsa di Majorana by Leonardo Sciascia, Lea Ritter Santini

7. La scomparsa di Majorana

By: Leonardo Sciascia , Lea Ritter Santini

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Paperback

Dal 26 marzo 1938 si perdono le tracce, fra la partenza e l'arrivo in un viaggio per mare da Palerm… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Amore by Giorgio Amitrano, Yasushi Inoue

8. Amore

By: Giorgio Amitrano , Yasushi Inoue

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Un piccolo hotel incastonato in una scogliera scoscesa, la spiaggia di ciottoli, il mare indaco: pe… read more

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  • asia
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
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9. Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

By: William Scott Wilson , None

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hagakure("In the Shadow of Leaves") is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of s… read more

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  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow, Elizabeth Petrey

10. Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

By: Andrew Leatherbarrow , Elizabeth Petrey

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl… read more

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11. Il capitano Jens Munk

By: Thorkild Hansen , Carola Scanavino

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

L'avventura resta una delle categorie irriducibili del romanzo, quella che meglio appaga la nostra … read more

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12. La briscola in cinque

By: Marco Malvaldi

3.97

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

La rivalsa dei pensionati. Da un cassonetto dell'immondizia in un parcheggio periferico, sporge il … read more

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13. Asymmetry: A Novel

By: None

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A singularly inventive and unforgettable debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of l… read more

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14. Il sergente nella neve

By: Mario Rigoni Stern , Eraldo Affinati

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

I ricordi della ritirata di Russia scritti in un lager tedesco dall'alpino Rigoni Stern nell'invern… read more

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15. La settimana bianca

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Maurizia Balmelli

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

<>ha raccontato una volta Emmanuel Carrere <>. All'inizio, infatti, il piccolo Nicolas ha tutta l'a… read more

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16. In Patagonia

By: Bruce Chatwin , Nicholas Shakespeare

3.67

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Br… read more

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  • classics
"Albatrosses and penguins are the last birds I'd want to murder."

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names take…"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from t…"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

17. Strange Tale of Panorama Island

By: Edogawa Rampo , None

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe and like Poe drew on his penchant … read more

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18. 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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  • classics
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
Cover of Ferrovie del Messico by Gian Marco Griffi

19. Ferrovie del Messico

By: Gian Marco Griffi

4.10

Format: 824 pages, Paperback

Se cercate dell'avventura, in questo romanzo ne troverete a bizzeffe. Se cercate della letteratura,… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of I baffi by Emmanuel Carrère

20. I baffi

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.73

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. 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
  • japanese literature
  • horror
  • fiction
  • japan
Cover of Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest by Kaho Nashiki

22. Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

By: Kaho Nashiki

3.74

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Mai ha tredici anni e non vuole più andare a scuola. La madre, preoccupata, decide di mandarla a st… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"I desideri giusti, quelli che sono in linea con il corso delle cose, ti fanno da guida e si trasformano in realtà."

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"["What happens to people when they die?" When she heard that, her grandmother made a sound that was not like a voice but a moan. And with a deep breath, she replied, "I don't know. To tell you the tr…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"Devi ripeterti che, qualunque cosa accada, 'non è una ferita mortale'. In questo modo, anche se in quel momento non ti sembrerà, da qualche parte nel tuo corpo e nella tua mente nascerà il seme di un…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"Ascolta. Questa è la lezione più importante dell'addestramento da strega. Una strega deve fare affidamento sul proprio intuito, però non deve lasciare che questo abbia il sopravvento. Quando succede,…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

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23. La ragazza del Kyūshū

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In un mattino di primavera una giovane donna entra nello studio di un illustre penalista di Tokyo. … read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Por lo que veo —dijo Michiko, bajando la vista hacia su plato—, en Occidente tampoco sienten mucha simpatía por los zurdos."

-Seichō Matsumoto, La ragazza del Kyūshū

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24. The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By: Haruki Murakami

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

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25. 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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  • classics
  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • 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

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26. Come petali nel vento (Italian Edition)

By: Hika Harada

3.06

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

«Un quartetto al femminile dà vita a questo romanzo corale che appena uscito si è subito fatto vede… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

27. Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, t… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Tōkyō tutto l'anno. Viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli by Laura Imai Messina

28. Tōkyō tutto l'anno. Viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli

By: Laura Imai Messina

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

«Tōkyō sembra sempre in costruzione. Da bruco a farfalla, da farfalla a rondine, da rondine a sasso… read more

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  • asia
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of La scuola della carne by Yukio Mishima

29. La scuola della carne

By: Yukio Mishima

3.46

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

“‘Smettila, Taeko, finirai per sporcare i guanti con il rossetto!’ ‘È più erotico così, non trovi?’… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Ombre giapponesi by Lafcadio Hearn

30. Ombre giapponesi

By: Lafcadio Hearn

4.13

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

«Darei non so che cosa per essere un Colombo letterario, per scoprire un'America Romantica in qualc… read more

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  • classics
  • asia
  • folklore
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • horror
  • japan
"A che pro disegnare l'Impossibile? Perché è la verità, forse velata e mascherata, ma eterna."

-Lafcadio Hearn, Ombre giapponesi

Cover of Storia delle mie disgrazie e Lettere d'amore di Eloisa by Pierre Abélard

31. Storia delle mie disgrazie e Lettere d'amore di Eloisa

By: Pierre Abélard

3.77

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Nel secolo XI, un logico e teologo di fama europea, chierico e canonico della cattedrale di Parigi,… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

18 must-read fiction books like Ombre giapponesi by Lafcadio Hearn

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Shanghai: A Novel by Yokomitsu Riichi (Volume 33) (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies)

Dennis Washburn , Riichi Yokomitsu

3.30

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The Wall

Jean-Paul Sartre

4.17

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Cuore

Edmondo de Amicis

3.84

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The Crocodile

Fyodor Dostoevsky , Samuel D. Cioran

3.18

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16 best-selling fiction books like Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

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Black Plumes

Margery Allingham

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Tokyo Express

Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

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L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Michael Bible

3.60

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L'età fragile

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

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