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Twenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to...

Author: Yoko OgawaFormat: Paperback, 136mm x 216mm, 287g, 288 pagesPublished: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, 2024A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of The...

A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of The Memory Police. On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of...

A compelling and surreal, Orwellian mystery by one of Japan's greatest writers. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from...

An enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family where one before did not exist. He is...

In this melancholy and delicately written Japanese classic, a student befriends a reclusive elder at a beach resort, who he calls Sensei. As the two grow closer, Sensei remains unwilling...

An astonishing and moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella seriesOther people don't...

Jay Rubin's translation of Soseki's cherished novel, new to Penguin Classics One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for...

"Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature."-Haruki Murakami The father of modern Japanese literature's best-loved novel, in its first new English translation in half...

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A gorgeous new clothbound edition of Soseki's cherished novel, with an introduction by Murakami 'Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself - not...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Natsume Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.' Haruki Murakami A chance encounter irrevocably links...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 A timeless psychological study of a young man's deep alienation from society. Set in the early 20th century, Kokoro opens with...

The biography of Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most well-known and well-loved personalities in music, revealing for the first time the dramatic story of her origins, career and marital...