 | A Wild Sheep Chase : A Novel
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by Vintage
Paperback
(09 April, 2002)
(71 reviews) 
Customer Review: Surreal and a bit strained this time: By now I've actually gotten tired of writing reviews for Haruki Murakami books, because there are only so many ways to say amazing. |
 | A Woman Called En/'En to Iu Onna'
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by Pandora Pr
Hardcover
(01 June, 1986)
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 | Adolf : A Tale Of The Twentieth Century (Adolf)
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by VIZ LLC
Paperback
(23 February, 1996)
(7 reviews)
Editorial Review: Osamu Tezuka is often credited with being one of the pioneers of "story manga"-- long, narrative comics for adults. His stories frequently run thousands of pages and comprise dozens ofvolumes. He is known in America (though not by name) as the animator of Astro Boy andKimba, |
 | After the Banquet
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by Vintage
Paperback
(22 February, 1999)
(4 reviews) 
Customer Review: A great book about love, politics and money in 1960s Japan: Kazu is a middle-aged woman and the proprietress of a successful restaurant -- the Setsugoan -- in Tokyo. |
 | After the Quake: Stories
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by Knopf
Hardcover
(13 August, 2002)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: Haruki Murakami, a writer both mystical and hip, is the West's favorite Japanese novelist. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Murakami lived abroad until 1995. That year, two disasters struck Japan: the lethal earthquake in Kobe and the deadly poison gas attacks in the Tokyo subway. |
 | All She Was Worth
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by Kodansha International (JPN)
Hardcover
(01 February, 1997)
(33 reviews)
Editorial Review: Recovering from a leg injury, a 43-year-old Tokyo police inspector named Shunsuke Honma realizes how out of touch he has become when a relative asks him to make some private inquiries into the disappearance of his fianc&e |
 | Amrita
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by Grove Pr
Hardcover
(01 June, 1997)
(25 reviews) 
Editorial Review: "Blood ties seemed unrelated to how we were living," Sakumi, the young narrator of Amrita, begins portentously. The "we" of the family comprises a strange blend--Sakumi's mother, twice married (widowed and divorced); |
 | Asleep
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by Grove Pr
Hardcover
(26 July, 2000)
(19 reviews) 
Customer Review: A dreamlike hazy world.: Overcoming a loss is the subject of this book - much like Yoshimoto's other work. Yoshimoto's characters are always people on the verge of a breakdown of some sort; |
 | Be a Woman: Hayashi Fumiko and Modern Japanese Women's Literature
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by University of Hawaii Press
Paperback
(01 November, 1997)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Masterful review of concept of "women's literature" in Japan: A magnificent survey and original interpretation of the concept of "women's literature" in modern Japan, |
 | Beauty and Sadness
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by Vintage
Paperback
(30 January, 1996)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: Beauty and Sadness = Sweetness and Sorrow: This little novel, though economical in size and language, is a monument to the Japanese ideal of >. |
 | Bridge of Darkness: The Return of the Master Assassin
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by Kodansha International (JPN)
Hardcover
(01 June, 1993)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The assassin you will like to love.: The Bridge of Darkness (The return of the master Assassin) by Shotaro Ikenami is a collection of four thrilling tales of murder and intrigue, |
 | Catch and Other Stories.
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by Kodansha America
Paperback
(01 June, 1981)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Incredible: The stories display the human side of the late war years. There is no glamor, no guns blazing, no heroic lives or deaths. |
 | Confessions of a Mask (New Directions Paperbook)
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by New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback
(01 June, 1958)
(17 reviews)
Customer Review: Fascinating inner journey: Mishima's sadomasochistic homosexuality asserted itself early. While still a tiny child he responded instantly to certain kinds of masculine beauty and found a mysterious fascination in images and narratives of heroic men being tortured and, |
 | Confessions of Love
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by Univ of Hawaii Pr
Hardcover
(01 February, 1989)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: By One Inch: This book was written by a fascinating woman named Uno Chiyo, who was unwilling to accept the life of a simple farm life. |
 | Confrontation (Mobile Suit #3)
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by Del Rey
Paperback
(14 January, 1991)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: very good!!!!!!: You see, most people read a book and try to find some deep meaning to it. This is one book that you can't do that! |
 | Confucius: A Novel
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by Learning Links
Hardcover
(01 June, 1993)
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 | Darkness in Summer
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by Peter Owen Publishers
Hardcover
(01 May, 1989)
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 | Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories
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by New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback
(01 June, 1966)
(10 reviews)
Customer Review: temples of prose: Mishima writes very stark stories of spiritual emptiness. My favorite is the story Ten Yen about a young couple who must resort to desperate economic measures, |
 | Despues Del Banquete
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by Noguer y Caralt Editores, S.A.
Paperback
(01 January, 1986)
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 | Distant Thunder: A Novel of Contemporary Japan
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by Tuttle Publishing
Paperback
(01 May, 1999)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: A solace of farming and love in the middle of moral decay: When the farmlands around you get smaller, the people around you tell you city-style life is better, |
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| Distant Thunder: A Novel of Contemporary Japan
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by Tuttle Publishing
Paperback
(01 May, 1999)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: A solace of farming and love in the middle of moral decay: When the farmlands around you get smaller, the people around you tell you city-style life is better, |
| Distant Thunder: A Novel of Contemporary Japan
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by Tuttle Publishing
Paperback
(01 May, 1999)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: A solace of farming and love in the middle of moral decay: When the farmlands around you get smaller, the people around you tell you city-style life is better, |
 | Dream Messenger
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by Kodansha Amer Inc
Hardcover
(01 December, 1992)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: Ask this question: Who are your translators?!: Why compare Shimada to Murakami? I'll tell you why: its all you've got to go on! I agree with the other reviewers that this is not the best of what Shimada has written. |
 | El Pabellon De Oro
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by Editorial Seix Barral, S.A.
Paperback
(01 January, 1994)
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 | El Templo del Alba
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by Noguer y Caralt Editores
Paperback
(February, 1999)
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 | Elephant Vanishes, The : Stories
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by Knopf
Hardcover
(31 March, 1993)
(30 reviews)
Customer Review: THE SUBTERRAIN OF PROSE: An untouchable mystery of thought, madness, and equally unexplained sadness -- such is the gloomy psychological landscape in which Murakami typically sets his intriguing narratives. |
 | Fire from the Ashes: Short Stories About Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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by Readers Intl
Hardcover
(01 June, 1985)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: A.B.C.D. Encirclement: Sure to please americans in their expectations of what the contemporary Japanese are like. But its only [information] for a foreign market and it's diseased media. |
 | First Snow on Fuji
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by Counterpoint Press
Paperback
(10 November, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Earlobes, novels, and cheating wives: This was the 8th Yasunari Kawabata book that I have read. Kawabata finished writing this book back in the year 1959. |
 | Forbidden Colors
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by Vintage
Paperback
(22 February, 1999)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Well Writen Exploration of Post-War Japan Homosexual Culture: This book was the first of it's kind that I've read; Yukio Mishima came highly recommended by a friend, |
 | From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films
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by M. E. Sharpe
Paperback
(01 February, 2000)
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