From the Fatherland, with Love

Piercing

A pulsating psycho-thriller from Ryu Murakami, author of In the Miso SoupA renaissance man for the postmodern age, Ryu Murakami—a musician, filmmaker (Tokyo Decadence), TV personality, and award-winning author—has gained a cult following in the West.

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Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife, Ryoko. Now even his teenage son Shige has suggested he think about remarrying. So when his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan to hold fake film au

Mandarins: Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa blends a sense of sad inevitability with subtle irony. Reflective and often humorous, these tales reveal an enormous amount about Japanese culture, while the inner struggles of the characters always strike the universal.

Isle of Dreams

Though it has a lovely name, the real "Island of Dreams" is actually a hunk of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay where the city dumps its garbage . . . and yet, Shozo Saka, a middle-aged widower, does indeed find the place beautiful: gravitating more and more,

Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama

In 1957, encouraged by Georgia O’Keeffe, artist Yayoi Kusama left Japan for New York City to become a star. By the time she returned to her home country in 1973, she had established herself as a leader of New York’s avant-garde movement, known for cre

Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories

This aptly named fiction anthology—tomo means “friend” in Japanese—is a true labor of friendship to benefit teens in Japan whose lives were upended by the violent earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Authors from Japan and around the world ha

Kyoko

Comme une ondée fraîche, comme un air fredonné ou quelques pas esquissés, Kyoko est passée, impalpable et fragile. Ky-o-ko, trois sons brefs et chantants qui résonnent avant de prendre leur envol. Kyoko, le visage lisse et blanc qu'un sourire illumi

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Thanatos

일본 신세대의 저항정신과 언더그라운드 문화를 이끌고 있는 무라카미 류의 장편소설. 곪아터진 사랑으로 인한 심리적 외상을 안은 채 자기 자신을 찾기 위해, 살아남기 위해 생명의 땅, 쿠바�