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The Woman in the Dunes

by Kobo Abe

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a …
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Kokoro

by Bishop of Hippo Soseki

Haunted by tragic secrets, Sensei slowly opens up to his young disciple, confessing indiscretions from his own student days that have left him reeling with guilt.
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The Makioka Sisters

by Junichiro Tanizaki

Four daughters of an old merchant family unknowingly face the end of a gentler way of life in Osaka, Japan in 1938.
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The Setting Sun

by 太宰治

Novel of present day Japan. Reaction of an upper-class family to the war and the resultant cultural impact.
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Spring Snow

by Yukio Mishima

"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he …
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Confessions of a Mask

by Yukio Mishima

The story of a man coming to terms with his homosexuality in traditional Japanese society has become a modern classic.
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The Tale of Genji

by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose …
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The Pillow Book of Sei Sh?nagon

by Sei Shōnagon

One of the great classics of Japanese literature, "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is by far our most detailed source of factual material on life in eleventh-century Japan at …
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A Personal Matter

by Kenzaburō Ōe

First pub. 1964. Author's most dramatic work, won him the prestigious Shincho Literary Prize. In the novel the narrator tells how he responds to the birth and problems posed by …
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, …
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Kitchen

by Banana Yoshimoto

Two stories, "Kitchen" and "Moonlight Shadow," told through the eyes of a pair of contemporary young japanese women, deal with the themes of mothers, love, transsexuality, kitchens, and tragedy.
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Ashes

by Kenzō Kitakata

A deciding event in a yakuza mobster's career leaves this gangster reflecting upon his life and the events leading up to this moment.
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Out

by Natsuo Kirino

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • Winner of Japan's Grand Prix for Crime Fiction • Edgar Award Finalist • Nothing in Japanese …
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Fires on the Plain

by Shohei Ooka

Anti-war novel as seen from the point of view of a losing army.
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Toddler-hunting & Other Stories

by Taeko Kōno

Disquieting stories exploring women's freedom & bondage in post-WWII Japan.
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Masks

by Fumiko Enchi

A stunning and understated debut novel of seduction and infidelity about a woman who, devastated by the death of her son, takes an increasing interest in the personal affairs of …
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Evening Clouds

by Junzo Shono

A "snapshot" of daily life in 1960s Tokyo.