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There was no past, no future, no words, nothing - just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in the sun. Japan's internationally celebrated storyteller returns...

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 20s through whose eyes...

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is...

'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' - Vanity Fair The new novel from the bestselling author of the beloved classic, Kitchen . I had a melancholy premonition of reaching the...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN 'Enchanting.' TIME OUT 'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES 'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' i-D [Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.'...

There was no past, no future, no words, nothing - just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in the sun. Japan's internationally celebrated storyteller returns...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN 'The voice of young Japan.' INDEPENDENT 'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES '[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR An...

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories, now in Penguin Classics This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the...

The rediscovered magical-realist classic by a bestselling poet for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi's BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD Who doesn't want a second chance at life? Read the...

In crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eunyoung paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught...