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pro vyhledávání: '"FICTION / World Literature / Japan"'
Autor:
Christopher Green
A collection of 17 illustrated short stories set mostly in contemporary Japan that explore feelings of belonging, displacement, and the strangeness of everyday human interaction.In an innovative, fast-paced company, a man's job comes under threat whe
Autor:
Suzumi Suzuki
A moving portrayal of a troubled mother–daughter relationship, shortlisted for Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize. In 2008, the unnamed narrator of Gifted is working as a hostess and living in Tokyo's nightlife district. One day, her estranged mot
Autor:
Seichō Matsumoto
Isako ha un piano audace, meticoloso: sbarazzarsi nel giro di tre anni dell'anziano marito, Nobuhiro, che con le sue invenzioni ha fatto la fortuna della S. Optics, e impadronirsi di tutto ciò che possiede. Certo, può contare sul fatto che Nobuhiro
Autor:
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Winner of the Yomiuri Prize.Winner of the 2024-2025 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.Recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.Introducing Tatsuhiko
Autor:
Shinya Tanaka
During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, seventeen-year-old Shinogaki Toma is entangled in a desperate struggle against what he believes to be his fate to become his sadistic father. Consumed by a fear t
Autor:
Usami Rin
Vincitore del Premio Akutagawa 2021, il più importante premio letterario giapponese. Tradotto in quindici paesi.Il romanzo racconta la vita della liceale Akari, distrutta dopo che l'idolo di cui è follemente innamorata finisce al centro di uno scan
Autor:
Izumi Suzuki
The first novel from Izumi Suzuki to be published in English: a candid, intimate exploration of passion, music and transgressionHope I'm in for a good time, I thought. Even if it's just for tonight.Set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s T
Autor:
Futaro Yamada
A classic Japanese mystery —a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century TokyoA captivating locked room murder mystery perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and Janice HallettJapan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion.Detec
Autor:
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Nel Giappone che si apre all'Occidente, tra la fine dell'Ottocento e il primo Novecento, viene messa in atto una profonda revisione dei processi educativi. I bambini e le bambine diventano il modello dei valori adulti del cittadino, in un sistema che
Autor:
Laura Joh Rowland
Er ist der beste Ermittler Asiens … DER VERRAT DER KURTISANE: Japan, Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts. Ein nächtlicher Bote überbringt Sano Ichirō, dem obersten Ermittler des Shoguns, eine katastrophale Botschaft: Der designierte Thronfolger ist unter