The Woman in the Dunes
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
3.89
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, su…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
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1. 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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- classics
- literature
- asia
- 20th century
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"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
2. 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
3. Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher , Michael Gallagher
4.16
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by ou… read more
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- classics
- literature
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"إن جوهر أي إرادة هو الرغبة في التأثير في التاريخ"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"My happiness lies in your hands. Be careful with it, won’t you?"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"الرجال لا يفكرون إلا في المال و النساء،لقد نسوا كل ما يليق بالرجل"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"Just now I had a dream. I'll see you again. I know it. Beneath the falls."-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
4. Confessions of a Mask
By: Yukio Mishima
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more
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- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- novels
- japan
5. Nowaki
By: Natsume Sōseki , William N. Ridgeway
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Shirai Doya is a man of letters, a man of principles. His principles sometimes stand in the way of … read more
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- classics
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
6. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
By: Yukio Mishima , Ivan Morris
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting… read more
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- classics
- literature
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7. The Trial
By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir
3.95
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
"But I’m not guilty,"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"Asking questions were the most important thing."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
8. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writ… read more
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9. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan
3.85
Format: 181 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
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- asia
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- 20th century
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
10. The Woman in the Dunes
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
3.89
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, su… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kōbō Abe's The Woman in the Dunes book and Kōbō Abe's The Woman in the Dunes
- literary fiction
- classics
- magical realism
- literature
- asia
- fiction
- 20th century
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?"-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Aşa se spune, înfrangerea începe cu teama de a fi înfrant."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
11. Kafka on the Shore
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel
4.13
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable character… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- magical realism
- literature
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
"In dreams begins responsiblities."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"I don’t know what it means to live."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"Artists are those who can evade the verbose."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
12. 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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13. 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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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- asia
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
- japan
"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
14. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum
3.58
Format: None pages, Paperback
'A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn sku… read more
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15. A Personal Matter
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Nathan
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as on… read more
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16. Masks
By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Fumiko Enchi
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Masks takes its name from the Noh masks of Japanese dramas, and much is made of spirit possession. … read more
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17. Runaway Horses
By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns … read more
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18. The Sound of the Mountain
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
By day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble fro… read more
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19. The Blind Owl
By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello
3.97
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- asia
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس میکردم."-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
20. 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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21. 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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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- japanese literature
- novels
"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
