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…
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1. Muhtelif Evhamlar Kitabı
By: Ömür İklim Demir
4.11
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
"Ne diyeyim, huzur tuhaf şey arkadaş, ancak kaybedecek bir şeyin kalmadığında gelip seni buluyor." … read more
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"İnsanları bilmem ama hayvanlar beni hep çok sevmiştir."-Ömür İklim Demir, Muhtelif Evhamlar Kitabı
"Kendime vereceğim bir iyi, bir de kötü haberim var. Kötü haber: Hayatımda hiçbir şey hayal ettiğim kadar iyi olmayacak. İki artı bir evde, yalnız başıma uzun yıllar daha yaşayacağım. İyi haber: Hayat…"-Ömür İklim Demir, Muhtelif Evhamlar Kitabı
2. Iza's Ballad
By: Magda Szabó , George Szirtes
4.31
Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition
When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the… read more
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"Niçin sevilen varlıkların yitirilmesi gerekiyor?"-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad
"She didn’t really like classical music and there was no Vince to whisper in her ear and tell her what was beautiful about it. His descriptions were so clear. Handel was all scarlet ostrich feathers a…"-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad
3. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- japanese literature
- japan
4. Fires on the Plain
By: Shōhei Ōoka , Ivan Morris
4.16
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
"Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is out… read more
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- classics
- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
5. Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
By: Andrew Jones , Yu Hua
4.09
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
One of the last decade's ten most influential books in China, this internationally acclaimed novel … read more
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- asia
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- asian literature
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6. 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
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- japan
7. 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
- asia
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- novels
- japan
8. To Live
By: Michael Berry , Yu Hua
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese … read more
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- asia
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"It’s better to live an ordinary life. If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."-Michael Berry, To Live
9. Anayurt Oteli
By: Yusuf Atılgan
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
"Ne olu, ne sag" bir yasamin kahramani Zebercet. Gozunu ilk actigi ve yasadigi Anayurt Oteli'yle ay… read more
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10. 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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- asia
- japanese literature
- fiction
- novels
11. The Moon Over the Mountain: Stories
By: Paul McCarthy , Atsushi Nakajima , None
3.84
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
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12. The Box Man
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
4.09
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative f… read more
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13. Kâğıt Ev
By: Carlos María Domínguez , Seda Ersavcı
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
''1998 ilkbaharinda Bluma Lennon, Soho'daki bir kitapcidan Emily Dickinson'in Siirler'inin eski bir… read more
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14. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fictio… read more
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15. Broken April
By: Ismail Kadare
4.01
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the cod… read more
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- classics
- fiction
16. The Makioka Sisters
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.04
Format: 538 pages, Paperback
In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a wa… read more
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17. Strait is the Gate
By: André Gide
3.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in th… read more
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18. 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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- classics
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"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
19. The Ginza Ghost
By: Keikichi Ōsaka
3.68
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The Japanese form of Golden Age detective fiction was re-launched in the early 1980s as shin honkak… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- japanese literature
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20. The Flowers of Buffoonery
By: Osamu Dazai
3.83
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- japanese literature
- asian literature
- novels
- japan
"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery
21. Günler Aylar Yıllar
By: Yan Lianke
4.13
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
Günler Aylar Yıllar, hayatın zorlukları karşısında hep diri kalabilen bir umudun romanı. Kuraklı… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- fiction
