Results for "Emmerich, Michael"

A madcap, darkly comic novel about the strange fate of a tone-deaf girl who just wants to sing, from a Japanese literary star“Abe's superpower is to transform everything he touches into exciting literature.” — Kotaru Isaka, author of Bullet TrainThis surreal, twisty novel presents a provocative por... Read More about Mysterious Setting (Japanese Novellas)

Madness, murder and obsession: a stylishly original and fantastical collection of stories from an iconic Japanese writerA collection of the 7 essential Akutagawa short stories, in a vivid and elegant translation – the perfect introduction to this master of prose“A born short-story writer. . . one ne... Read More about Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories (Pushkin Press Classics)

“Delicate and powerful... a haunting, sensitive meditation on memory as well as a wonderful introduction to a master sorely underappreciated in the West. . . timeless, elegiac, and masterful” – Shelf AwarenessThe story of a love affair and its tragic consequences, told through the letters of thr... Read More about The Hunting Gun (Pushkin Press Classics)

The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel--written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel--and after more than a millen... Read More about The Tale of Genji: The Authentic First Translation of the World's Earliest Novel (Tuttle Classics)

Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the sea... Read More about Goodbye Tsugumi

Short stories by Japan’s cutting-edge writers, in vertical text and with vocabulary, notes, and FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD to make reading Japanese easier than ever.Long-awaited by teachers and students, Read Real Japanese Fiction presents short works by six of today’s most daring and provocative Japanese ... Read More about Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers (free audio download)