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“naoki matayoshi”

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  • Spark

    by Naoki Matayoshi ...
    Translated by Alison Watts ...
    Hilarious, strange and moving in equal measure - a Japanese multi-million-copy smash hit about the struggles of a pair of young manzai stand-up comediansTokunaga is a young comedian struggling to make a name for himself when he is taken under the wing of Kamiya, who is either a crazy genius or perhaps just crazy. Kamiya's indestructible confidence inspires Tokunaga, but it also makes him doubt the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Neverending Book

    by Naoki Matayoshi, Shinsuke Yoshitake ...
    Translated by Kendall Heitzman ...
    A runaway bestseller in Japan, The Neverending Book is both a standout illustrated fable and a love letter to books.An aged, near-blind, book-loving king sends two of his subjects out into the world to learn about unusual and magical books. One year later, they return to tell the whimsical, tender, and touching stories they’ve learned.Among them are: a book that runs faster than a cheetah, a pair ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

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    by Mieko Kawakami ...
    Translated by Louise Heal Kawai ...
    Series Book 4 - Japanese Novellas
    A quixotic and funny tale about first love - from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author.A boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her portrait.But the boy's friend hears about this hesitant adoration, and suddenly everything changes. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Third Love

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    by Hiromi Kawakami ...
    Translated by Ted Goossen ...
    A time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan’s past and its present—from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century—by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelistsHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Thousand Blues

    The heart-warming Korean sci-fi bestseller

    Translated by Chi-Young Kim ...
    by Cheon Seon-ran ...
    **THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNERDiscover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and KLARA AND THE SUN**‘Engaging, touching, subtly disturbing’ K-Lit Review‘A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions’ Kim Bo-young‘A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything beh... ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

    A Novel

    by Irene Solà ...
    Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Vanishing World

    by Sayaka Murata ...
    Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori ...
    From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial inseminationSayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x-raying our contemporary ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Moderation

    A Novel

    by Elaine Castillo ...
    Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named a Top Ten Book of 2025 by The Atlantic and Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus Reviews and more.“A love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Ma’s book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant.” —Elle“Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] in... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Second Chance Convenience Store

    A Novel

    Translated by Janet Hong ...
    by Kim Ho-Yeon ...
    "It’s easy to see why this quick and endearing read was so popular in Korea and beyond; U.S. readers are in for a treat." — Library JournalIn this million-copy international bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in an unhoused man who does a good deed, a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighborhood—a heartwarming tale of community and redemption reminiscent of ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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  • The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen

    The beloved Japanese bestseller about a magical restaurant that will nourish your soul

    by Yuta Takahashi ...
    Translated by Cat Anderson ...
    ***NOW ALSO AVAILABLE! The second book the series: The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen*“Wonderful . . . A cozy, emotional gem . . . Each chapter is a quiet, healing moment, filled with food, memory and the comfort of cats.” —The Seattle TimesYour table awaits at the Chibineko Kitchen, where a soul-nourishing meal in the company of the resident kitten will transport you back in time to reunite ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Midnight Timetable

    A Novel in Ghost Stories

    by Bora Chung ...
    Translated by Anton Hur ...
    ***A FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL*“Like the objects collected in this deliciously haunting book, Midnight Timetable will absorb you in the shadows of its imagination, marvelous oddness, humor, and heart."** *—***Gerardo Sámano CórdovaFrom the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Hunger

    A Novel

    by Choi Jin-young ...
    Translated by Soje ...
    A word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea, Hunger is a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us.“A feast for the literary senses.”—Anton Hur, Judge of the International Booker PrizeOn an ordinary afternoon, a woman sees her partner murdered in the street. Time freezes. She lifts his body from the pavement, ... Read more

    $10.69 USD