Killing Commendatore
By: Haruki Murakami
3.91
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing…
Want to Read $ 12.99"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
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1. Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words
By: Jay Rubin
3.86
Format: 462 pages, Paperback
REVISED AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON 1Q84 As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and… read more
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- literature
- japanese literature
- japan
2. The Remains of the Day
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
4.14
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, St… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"شاید بهتر بود خداوند مارا هم مثل گیاهان خلق می‌کرد، یعنی پایمان محکم توی زمین باشد. آن‌وقت هیچ‌کدام از این کثافت‌کاری مربوط به جنگ و مرز و این چیزها اصلاً پیش نمی‌آمد."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
3. An Artist of the Floating World
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.77
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art so… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- japan
"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something. #Page: 120"-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
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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- literature
- japanese literature
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- 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)
5. Kitchen
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus
3.66
Format: 296 pages,
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more
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- japanese literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
6. Never Let Me Go
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A tale of deceptive simplicity that slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonance -… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Haruki Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: A Reader's Guide
By: None
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an excellent guide to Haruki Murakami's extraordinary novel. It features a biography of the… read more
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8. 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
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- 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
9. 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
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- 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
10. 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
- literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- 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
11. A Little Life
By: Hanya Yanagihara
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're… read more
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12. The Master and Margarita
By: Mikhail Bulgakov , None , Katherine Tiernan O'Connor , None
4.29
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An au… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- fantasy
"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
"manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)"-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
"Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые."-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
13. All the Lovers in the Night
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more
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- literary fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
14. Earthlings
By: Sayaka Murata
3.60
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witc… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- japanese literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- japan
- audiobook
"Sobreviver, haja o que houver."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"O senso comum é uma doença contagiosa e é difícil manter a infecção sozinho."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"I thought that when I grew up society would brainwash me, but it didn't work."-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
"Até quando eu teria de sobreviver? Será que algum dia poderia apenas viver e não sobreviver?"-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings
15. Convenience Store Woman
By: Sayaka Murata
3.69
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
The English-language debut of one of Japan's most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,0… read more
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- literary fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"A convenience store is a world of sound."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"People who are considered normal enjoy putting those who aren't on trial, you know."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"Anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
"Well, I guess anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman
16. Klara and the Sun
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.75
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- fantasy
- audiobook
17. The Memory Police
By: Yōko Ogawa
3.72
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, bird… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- japanese literature
- fiction
- fantasy
- japan
- audiobook
"No one can erase the stories!"-Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police
"Few people here have any need of novels"-Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police
"It's the most beautiful disappearance ever."-Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police
"I stood in the middle of that emptiness, feeling myself on the verge of being drawn into its terrible depth"-Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police
18. Breasts and Eggs
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.86
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting e… read more
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- literary fiction
- japanese literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- japan
- audiobook
"Then there are the real bastards, like my ex,"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"Mi sentivo come un essere privato della carne e della pelle e ridotto a sole ossa. Un carapace enorme completamente cavo."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"We could worry about tomorrow when it came. What mattered most right now is how we would spend the remainder of today, even if it was half over."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"I could see people all around me, but I almost felt like nobody could see me. I heard a train go by, rumbling down the tracks, drawing a thick line between the world and my experience. I was getting …"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
19. Heaven
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-y… read more
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- literary fiction
- japanese literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- japan
- audiobook
"Karena kau selalu dilukai, kau sungguh-sungguh memahami seperti apakah orang terluka."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"The more I looked at it, the less it seemed like something for a house. More like a tiny gravestone."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"You think about how other people feel. You're so kind. It makes sense. Because we're always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
"People are always dying. It's a perfect truth. No matter how we live our lives, we all die, sooner or later. In which case, living is really just waiting to die."-Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
20. Killing Commendatore
By: Haruki Murakami
3.91
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- japanese literature
- novels
- fantasy
- japan
- audiobook
"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"But the forecasters and media types were clever - they never used vague words like "maybe." No, they stuck with convenient terms for which no one could be held accountable, like "probability of preci…"-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
"There is a point is everybody's life where they need a major transformation. And when that time comes you have to grab it by the tail. Grab it hard, and never let go. There are some people who are ab…"-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore
21. Life for Sale
By: Yukio Mishima
3.72
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- japanese literature
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"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
