9 best-selling novels books like Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker

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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…

"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."

-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes

"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

"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

If you liked the novels plot in Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Sanshirō by Jay Rubin, Natsume Sōseki

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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"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

Cover of 流星の絆 [Ryuusei no Kizuna] by Keigo Higashino, 東野 圭吾

2. 流星の絆 [Ryuusei no Kizuna]

By: Keigo Higashino , 東野 圭吾

4.12

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

惨殺された両親の仇討ちを流星に誓いあった三兄妹。 「兄貴、妹(あいつ)は本気だよ。俺たちの仇の息子に惚れてるよ」 14年後――彼らが仕掛けた復讐計画の最大の誤算は、妹の恋心だった。 read more

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3. After the Banquet

By: Yukio Mishima

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Reissued along side The Sound of the Waves plus three classics works by Junichiro Tanizaki. read more

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"Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done."

-Yukio Mishima, After the Banquet

"Kazu, now that she thought of it, realized that for all her headstrong temperament, she had never loved a man younger than herself. A young man has such a surplus of spiritual and physical gifts that…"

-Yukio Mishima, After the Banquet

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4. 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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"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)

Cover of Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

5. 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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Cover of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, Ivan Morris

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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Cover of Naomi by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Anthony H. Chambers

7. 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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Cover of Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Edward G. Seidensticker, Yukio Mishima, Donald Keene, Ivan Morris, None

8. Death in Midsummer and Other Stories

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima , Donald Keene , Ivan Morris , None

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is a… read more

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Cover of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima, John Nathan

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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"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

"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

"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

10. The Sound of Waves

By: Yukio Mishima , Meredith Weatherby

4.57

Format: 270 pages,

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Wavesis a timeless story of first love. It t… read more

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11. Thirst for Love

By: Yukio Mishima , Alfred H. Marks

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

In Thirst for Love, Japan's greatest modern writer created a portrait of sexual torment and corrosi… read more

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12. The Temple of Dawn

By: Yukio Mishima , E. Dale Saunders , Cecilia Segawa Seigle

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is gr… read more

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13. Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

By: Kenzaburō Ōe , None , Maki Sugiyama

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wart… read more

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14. The Key

By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

'This year I intend to begin writing freely about a topic which, in the past, I have hesitated to m… read more

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15. The Silent Cry

By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Bester

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Two brothers, Takashi and Mitsu, return from Tokyo to the village of their childhood. The selling o… read more

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16. 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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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 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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19. The Gate

By: Natsume Sōseki , Damian Flanagan , Francis Mathy

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, The Gatedescribes the everyday… read more

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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. 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

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4.12

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After the Banquet

Yukio Mishima

3.70

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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

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4.16

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3.74

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4.02

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4.05

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