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A BEST BOOK OF 2020TIME Magazine・The Atlantic・Book Riot・Electric Literature・The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year) The story of three women by a writer hailed by Haruki Murakami as Japan's most important contemporary novelist, WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE. On a sweltering summer day, Makiko ... Read More about Breasts and Eggs

FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction A BEST BOOK OF 2022Oprah Daily・TIME Magazine・Washington Post・Publishers Weekly・Lit Hub Bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, ex... Read More about All the Lovers in the Night

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE "A raw, painful, and tender portrait of adolescent misery... This book is very likely to make you cry."--Lily Meyer, NPR With profound tenderness and sensitivity, Japanese literary superstar Mieko Kawakami turns her unique gaze onto the causes an... Read More about Heaven

A witty, dizzying literary caper about books, travel, and translation — perfect for fans of David Mitchell and the work of Hideaki AnnoThis delightfully surreal novella follows the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of languages.An affluent entrepreneur named A.A. Abr... Read More about Harlequin Butterfly (Japanese Novellas)

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker · NPR · WBEZ’s Nerdette · The New York Public Library · Literary HubA New York Times Editors’ Choice“One of the most passionate cases I’ve ever read for female interiority, for women’s creative pulse and rich inner life.” ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker“Always e... Read More about Diary of a Void: A Novel

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious novel that explores fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan In three interconnected scenes, Hiroko Oyamada revisits the same set of characters at different junctures in their lives. In the back room ... Read More about Weasels in the Attic