Japanese Literature

Hiromi Kawakami Paperback 224 pages A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance. 'Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a bac...

Yoko Tawada Hardback 96 pages A tale of passion and romance between a Japanese schoolteacher and a doglike man, from the prize-winning author of The Last Children of TokyoMitsuko, a schoolteache...

Hisashi Kashiwai Paperback The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Bef...

Paperback Image for In Praise of Shadows : Vintage Design Edition Click to enlarge In Praise of Shadows : Vintage Design Edition by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (Author) Format:Paperback / softback 128 pages P...

Author: Mai Mochizuki, Cover: Softback, Pages: 272...

Cover: Softback, Pages: 208, Author: Hisashi Kashiwai...

Yukio MishimaPaperback After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. But soon she finds herself i...

Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paperback 224 pages What would you change if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more ...

Author: Hiromi Kawakami, Cover: Softback, Pages: 288...

Cover: Softback, Pages: 288, Author: Kenji Miyazawa...

Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paperback 192 pages The million-copy bestselling series. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before We Say Goodbye, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what ...

SoftbackYukito Ayatsuji The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even say it's haunted. One thing's for sure: it's the perfect d...

Kenzaburo OePaperback In Oe's masterpiece of the human condition and family psychology, estranged brothers Mitsusaburo and Takashi have long since left their family home in a remote forested valley o...

Paperback Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, ...

Cover: Softback, Pages: 208...

Author: Sanaka Hiiragi, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 200...

Author: Junko Takase, Cover: Softback, Pages: 144...

Author: Shizuko Natsuki, Cover: Softback, Pages: 304...

Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Cover: Softback, Pages: 192...

Author: Yôko Ogawa, Cover: Softback, Pages: 278...

Yukio Mishima Paperback 288 pages Beautiful Star is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was considered by Mishima to be one of his very best books. Translated into English for...

Natsuko Imamura Paperback 128 pages A moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella seriesMeet youn...

For that friend whose thrice-delayed trip to Japan you can’t wait for them to finally go on....

Haruki Murakami Paperback / softback 400 pages An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the wind...