Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore…
Want to Read $ 9.99"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up with a different mate, right? But we never dwell on that. We live our lives in the groups we have - in our cities, our countries, even though we didn't choose them. Know what I mean? We like to tell ourselves it's love, that we're choosing our own partners. But in reality, we're just playing the cards we've been dealt."-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
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1. Ms Ice Sandwich
By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai
3.78
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more
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- literary fiction
- novella
- asia
- short stories
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- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
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2. Slow Boat
By: David Boyd , Hideo Furukawa
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Trapped in Tokyo, … read more
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- novella
- asia
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- japan
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3. The Bridegroom Was a Dog
By: Yōko Tawada , Margaret Mitsutani
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
In these three narratives, an ingenious story-teller has created a new kind of fantasy, playful yet… read more
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- literature
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4. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
5. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
- asian literature
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"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
6. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
7. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
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- short stories
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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
8. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.63
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more
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"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
9. Nipponia Nippon
By: Kazushige Abe
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more
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10. Dragon Palace
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 From the bestselling author of Strange Weather i… read more
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- short stories
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11. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- novella
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- japan
"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
12. Nails and Eyes
By: Kaori Fujino
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
- japan
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
13. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- japanese literature
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
14. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- novella
- asia
- short stories
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"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
15. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
16. Parade
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A brief, disquieting companion to the bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, set during a summer aft… read more
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- novella
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17. People From My Neighbourhood
By: Hiromi Kawakami
3.53
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interl… read more
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"Even the smallest hole is enough to send a balloon spiraling to the ground. The falsification of memory is like that. All it takes is one individual who remembers the truth, said Romi, for the whole …"-Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
18. Mild Vertigo
By: Mieko Kanai
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more
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19. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more
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20. Svømmende, rygende, grædende
By: Lone Hørslev
3.69
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Anna drikker. Et lille glas for at fejre, at solen skinner, eller et glas når dagene er grå. Men he… read more
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21. Cannibals
By: Shin'ya Tanaka
2.92
Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition
During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, seventeen-y… read more
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