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1) N.P
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
The lives of people in both straight and lesbian relationships, all with connections to a book entitled NP. They include the author's children and the translator's mistress. Written by one of Japan's leading pop writers.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
K, a renowned writer living in Tokyo who often retreats from reality, must come to terms with his mentally disabled son Eeyore, his family, his relationship with his own father, his own political beliefs, and his responsibility as an arist and writer in society, in an novel of family bonds, brilliant minds, and compassion.
K is a famous writer living in Tokyo with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom was born with a brain anomaly that...
Series
Lannan literary ; 49
Publisher
The Foundation
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Ishiguro read from his fourth novel, The unconsoled' on October 19, 1995."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Grove
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Late in his life, writer Kogito Choko reconnects with his estranged friend, the filmmaker Goro Hanawa. Goro's subsequent suicide causes Kogito to examine and reexamine Goro's life for clues that will lead him to understand his friend's path.
Series
Criterion collection ; 432
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
日本語
Description
A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A child of Japan's post-war baby boom, Haruki Murakami grew up-much to the chagrin of his parents-immersed in Western culture. The unhappy and unmotivated student didn't begin writing until he was twenty-nine years old. Through engaging narrative, full-color photos, and thoughtful direct quotations, readers will be inspired by the life story of this celebrated novelist, whose works have been translated into more than fifty languages.
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Derived from the journals of an empress's tutor and companion, this unique book offers rare glimpses of court life in eleventh-century Japan. Lady Murasaki recounts episodes of drama and intrigue among courtiers as well as the elaborate rituals related to the birth of a prince. Her observations, expressed with great subtlety, offer penetrating and timeless insights into human nature.
Murasaki Shikibu (circa AD 973-1025) served among the gifted poets...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000 vinyl record collection, and his obsession with running,...
