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  • The Story of a Single Woman

    by CHIYO UNO ...
    Translated by Rebecca Copeland ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **A piercingly beautiful and candid novel of love, sex and independence in 1920s Japan by a trailblazing Japanese writer“Remarkable . . . [Chiyo] has a hard, unerring eye for the tender detail” — Financial Times**She left her home, just a girl, determined to live alone. But wasn’t this the very life her late father had most fervently forbidden?As an older woman, Kazue looks back on her tumultuous ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Three Japanese Short Stories

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kafu Nagai, Chiyo Uno ...
    Series series Penguin Modern
    'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!'Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international ... Read more

    $1.35 USD

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    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Translated by R. J. Hollingdale ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the ... Read more

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  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Translated by Anthony Briggs ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It is only a bruise'A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident...One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, ... Read more

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  • Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

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  • The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

    Edited by Jay Rubin ...
    This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Setting Sun - Osamu Dazai

    by Osamu Dazai ...
    The Setting Sun is a poignant exploration of postwar Japanese society, focusing on themes of decline, identity, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Osamu Dazai critiques the disintegration of the traditional aristocratic class while examining the psychological struggles of individuals caught between the past and an uncertain future. Through the lives of characters such as ... Read more

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  • Malgudi Days

    by R. K. Narayan ...
    Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennialIntroducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story." Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents ... Read more

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  • Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    Ryünosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan’s foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. ‘Rashömon’ and ‘In a Bamboo Grove’ inspired Kurosawa’s magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as ‘The Nose’, ‘O-Gin’ and ‘Loyalty’ paint a rich and imaginative ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Izu Dancer and Other Stories

    The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon

    by Yasunari Kawabata, Yasushi Inoue ...
    This Japanese literature collection contains four translated stories from two of Japan's most beloved and acclaimed fiction writers.The Izu Dancer, Yasunari Kawabata's first work to bring him recognition as a writer, is a novella about six Izu Peninsula travelers. As the six travelers journey together, intimacy develops and friendship overcomes class differences. Capturing the shy eroticism of ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa ...
    Translated by Jay Rubin ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    For fans of Shōgun: The best stories by the father of the Japanese short story—including the two that inspired Kurosawa's classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth—featuringan introduction by Haruki MurakamiRyünosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists—a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. "Rashömon"and ... Read more

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  • Modern Japanese Literature

    From 1868 to the Present Day

    Edited by Donald Keene ...
    A collection of plays, essays, poetry, and reportage compiled by "the 20th-century's premier scholar of Japanese literature" ( Slate).Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise ... Read more

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