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Publisher
Vintage International, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife. When brought face-to-face...
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Español
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Primera persona del singular es el nuevo volumen de relatos del célebre autor japonés. Está compuesto por ocho cuentos, cuatro de ellos publicados solo en inglés en revistas como The New Yorker, y el resto inéditos. Las ocho historias magistrales de este nuevo volumen de relatos están contadas en primera persona por un narrador muy murakamiano.
El narrador podría ser, en ocasiones, el propio autor. ¿Son memorias o ficción? El lector decide....
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English
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For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.
What are you looking for?
This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves-but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It might be vacation, but everyone is still thinking about the play. Touko is starting worry about what will happen after it's over and Yuu wants to change the ending. Stressing about the play isn't the only thing on the council's mind. It's summer after all, so Yuu invites Touko out to the aquarium.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and fantasizes about the day that she too will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings for her, she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity and finesse that Yuu is inspired to ask her for advice....
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The script for the student council play is finished, and to make sure it is a success, the council holds a practice camp over summer vacation. Touko, Sayaka, and Yuu find themselves sleeping together in the same room. Whatever happens at camp, it is sure to be three days of super-charged emotions.
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Language
English
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FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
A BEST BOOK OF 2022
Oprah 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, extraordinary
...11) Happy hour
Publisher
KimStim, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
日本語
Description
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty-something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe. As they navigate the unsteady currents of work, domestic, and romantic lives, an unexpected rift opens between that propels each to a new, richer understanding of life and love.
Author
Series
My little monster volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Haru, who is in love with Shizuku, tries to get her to change her mind after she decides to forget her feelings for him and concentrate on school.
Author
Series
My little monster volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Shizuku is focusing on her studies but things get uncomfortable when her friend Yamaken starts taking the same cram school classes. Haru see Yamaken as a love rival but Shizuku has no interest in such matters.
Author
Series
I hear the sunspot volume 1
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel, will Kohei and Taichi develop their relationship into something more than friendship?
Series
Criterion collection volume 432
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
The life of Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima is portrayed in four chapters.
Author
Series
Dragon Head volume 9
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Teru finally returns to Tokyo after enduring the horrific events of the last few weeks. Unfortunately, his return is anything but a happy one. as the mystery behind the Dragon Heads starts to reveal, Teru is thrust toward his final destination: his family's home"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A charming love story about two young women who together discover that their dreams of a heart-pounding romance can indeed come true! Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and fantasizes about the day that she too will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings for her ... she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees...
Author
Series
Before the coffee gets cold volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a new group of customers in a magical time-traveling Tokyo café
The regulars at Café Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with the whimsical ability it grants them to take a trip into the past-as well as the strict rules involved, including that each traveler must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to get cold. In Toshikazu...
Author
Series
My little monster volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
It's Valentine's Day and while the girls are making their true-love chocolates for the boys of their desires, things get heated when Oshima-san and Shizuku realize they both are making chocolate for Haru.
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