Japanese Fiction Public
Created and curated by Christof
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Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami
A boy goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at the face of the woman …
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Earthlings by 村田沙耶香, Ginny Tapley Takemori, 村田沙耶香
4 stars
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or …
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Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, David Boyd
3 stars
On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo, where her sister Natsu lives. She is in the …
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
4 stars
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young …
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Memoirs of a polar bear by Yōko Tawada
3 stars
"The Memoirs of a Polar Bear is a novel that stars three generations of talented writers and performers who happen …
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Sweet Bean Paste by Dorian Sukegawa, Alison Watts
5 stars
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just …
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
5 stars
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of …
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
4 stars
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in time?
In a small back …
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4 stars
Already an international bestseller, "Asleep" comprises three novellas of women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, …
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4 stars
"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught …
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4 stars
No collection of Japanese literature is complete without Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, his most famous novel and the last he complete …
