Japanese Literature

Seishi Yokomizo Paperback 352 pages Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend:

Haruki Murakami Paperback 256 pages A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian

Haruki Murakami Paperback 624 pages Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly

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

SoftbackSayaka Murata Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an alien from another p

SoftbackYukio Mishima Mishima's literary powers are on full display in his penultimate novel that is a meditation on reincarnation and Buddhist philos

SoftbackYukio Mishima Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial fam

Fumiko EnchiPaperback Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the

Yasunari KawabataPaperback Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan,

Yukio MishimaPaperback Read this classic exploration of political violence, traditional samurai values and right wing nihilism. Isao is a young, enga

Hardback Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown

Hardback It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is t