Results for: books tagged ‘Japan’
Columbus and the Discovery of Japan: Richard Nelson
On the deck of his flagship, the expedition commander addresses his men, his voice rising in stirring peroration: 'Let us all be new men! Born today! This minute! And with ... More
An Artist of the Floating World: Kazuo Ishiguro
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter, Masuji ... More
Asleep: Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, ... More
Amrita: Banana Yoshimoto
A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes ... More
Lizard: Banana Yoshimoto
In these six stories Yoshimoto masterfully explores themes of time, healing and fate, and how her urban, sophisticated, independent young men and women come to terms with them. Her characters ... More
N.P.: Banana Yoshimoto
N.P. is the title of a last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. Written in English while he was living in Boston, the book may never see ... More
The Missionary and the Libertine: Ian Buruma
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been much talk about a new kind of conflict, a conflict between civilizations, that has revived the notion, which never quite ... More
Goodbye Tsugumi: Banana Yoshimoto
An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside, Goodbye Tsugumi is an enchanting novel from one of Japan's finest writers.Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made ... More
Fear and Trembling: Amelie Nothomb
'Ingenious . . . With great delicacy, Nothomb updates the age-old divide between East and West in this delectable little book.' O, The Oprah MagazineAmélie, a well-intentioned and eager young ... More
Vibrator: Mari Akasaka
Late one night, Rei Hayakawa, a troubled young freelance journalist, is idling around the alcohol shelves of her local 24-hour convenience store when she catches sight of a man across ... More
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