Naomi
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Anthony H. Chambers
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Junichiro Tanizaki's Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man's obsession and a brilliant reckoni…
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1. Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
By: Osamu Dazai , Ralph F. McCarthy
3.74
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Blue Bamboo is a collection of seven short stories by one of Japan's preeminent postwar writers and… read more
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- classics
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"It seems that when people are in a state of euphoria, they don’t always notice the suffering of others."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
2. Sanshirō
By: Jay Rubin , Natsume Sōseki
3.82
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving t… read more
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"Desire is a frightening thing."-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Doğa, bir mücevheri yaratana kadar kim bilir kaç yıl harcamıştır. Yine o mücevher, madencinin şansı yaver gidene dek, yıldızlar altında kaç yıl, tek başına parlamıştır?"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Ora io sto studiando questo libro solo per l'esame, solo per guadagnarmi il pane, trattenendo rabbia e lacrime. Ricordate: sia maledetto per sempre il sistema degli esami!"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Hirota feels strongly drawn toward nature and the natural, is hyper-sensitive to the artificial—particularly that most cramped and constraining man-made creation, society—and does his best to avoid i…"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
3. 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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- classics
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"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
4. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
By: Edogawa Rampo , James B. Harris
4.05
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo's be… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
- fiction
- japan
"This “thing"-Edogawa Rampo, Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
"Why would a man become crazy if he entered a glass globe lined with a mirror? What in the name of the devil had he seen there? . . . Did he go made after taking a glance at himself reflected by a com…"-Edogawa Rampo, Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
5. Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the sou… read more
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- classics
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- japan
6. Rashomon and Other Stories
By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Takashi Kojima
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories o… read more
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- classics
- literature
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- japan
7. Vita Sexualis
By: Ōgai Mori , Sanford Goldstein , Kazuji Ninomiya
3.94
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualisis far more than a prurient e… read more
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- classics
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
8. La bailarina
By: Ōgai Mori , Yoko Ogihara , Fernando Cordobés
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hermosa alegoria sobre el amor y la renuncia, La bailarinaes una de las piezas mas delicadas del ja… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
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9. Botchan
By: Natsume Sōseki , Joel Cohn
3.64
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Like The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan, a hilarious tale about … read more
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- historical fiction
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"الواقع أن البشر هم أقل ما يمكن الاعتماد عليه في هذا العالم."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Really, there’s nothing in the world as undependable as human beings."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
"Ketika manusia bebas memutuskan untuk menghormatimu, hadiah yang kaumiliki lebih mahal nilainya daripada apapun."-Natsume Sōseki, Botchan
10. Naomi
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Anthony H. Chambers
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Junichiro Tanizaki's Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man's obsession and a brilliant reckoni… read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- japan
11. The Miner
By: Jay Rubin , Natsume Sōseki
3.50
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Written in 1908, this absurdist novel about the indeterminate nature of human personality anticipat… read more
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- classics
- japanese literature
- fiction
- novels
- japan
12. The Wild Geese
By: Ōgai Mori , Sanford Goldstein , Kingo Ochiai
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
In The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled lov… read more
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- classics
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
13. The Setting Sun
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more
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14. No Longer Human
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
3.99
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poign… read more
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- literature
- japanese literature
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"Show me what you've written," I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"Then what's a synonym for woman?" "Entrails." "You're not very poetic, are you? Well, then, what's the antonym for entrails?" "Milk."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
"I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
15. The Three-Cornered World
By: Natsume Sōseki , None
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
"An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay… read more
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16. Kokoro
By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan
3.77
Format: None pages,
Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more
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17. Thousand Cranes
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.71
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousa… read more
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"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Коли вона померла, я з жалем подумала: навіть якщо її не розуміли, то все одно смерть не можна виправдати. Смерть виключає будь-яку надію на порозуміння."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"– Понимаете, Кикудзисан, человек не может быть благоразумным и мудрым, если в нем слишком сильно мужское или женское начало. – Да? Значит, мудрость среднего пола? – Иронизируете? Ну, ну… Однако, когд…"-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
18. Snow Country
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.59
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Nobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's mast… read more
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"국경의 긴 터널을 빠져나오자, 雪國이었다."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"Nothing is so strange when one is in love."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"In the moonlight the fine geishalike skin took on the luster of a seashell."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"The notes went out crystalline into the clean winter morning, to sound on the far, snowy peaks."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
19. Aynalar Cehennemi ve Diğer Öyküler
By: Edogawa Rampo
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“Zekice hileler icat ettikçe, herhalde sanatçıların eser yaratırken hissettiği mutluluğu; hilemi ha… read more
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20. Pandora's Box
By: Osamu Dazai
3.63
Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition
The war is over. Japan is defeated. Together with his country, a young man must rebuild his life. H… read more
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"This cry was old until yesterday. Today, however, this is the newest free thought. The reason of then years ago differs from the reason of today. That is not mysticism after all. It is the innate lov…"-Osamu Dazai, Pandora's Box
21. The Poems of Nakahara Chuya
By: Chūya Nakahara
4.30
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Born in 1907, Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan’s early modern poets… read more
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"Song of the Sheep (to Yasuhara Yoshihiro) III She trusted me completely, confided in me completely, her heart was the colour of an orange; that tenderness did not overflow, nor did it cringe away, li…"-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya
"Image (II) Over every extinguished past, tears gush out. The castle wall is desiccated; the wind blows. The grass waves; over the hills, across the fields no rest; white angels countenances do not ap…"-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya
"Quietude Nothing visits me; my heart is quiet. It was Sunday’s roofed school paths, - everyone gone to the meadow. The floorboards have a cold shine, small birds are singing in the garden. The half-s…"-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya
"Lost Hope Vanishing into the dark sky, my young day’s blazing hope. Like a summer night’s star, even now visible far off in the sky, even now. Vanishing into the dark sky, my young day’s dreams and h…"-Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya
