Japanese Short Fiction

The second book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s heartwarming Tales from the Cafe explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More...

From bestselling authors Genki Kawamura and Marie Kondo comes a collection of heartwarming and whimsical short stories, based on Marie's personal experience of tidying over 1,000 rooms. Miko is a professional tidier, with a secret. When she enters a room, she is greeted by the voices of every...

The essential Khushwant Singh collection. In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over...

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to people outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders…

Brought to you by Penguin. On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars. After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life...

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Contos de guerreiros japoneses revelará aos seus ouvintes os mais preciosos valores japoneses: disciplina, lealdade, dedicação, perseverança, auto sacrifício, humildade e devoção. Tal arcabouço ético e narrativas envolventes recebem a ilustração de Shusui Okakura e outros artistas, fazendo ecoar da forma mais bela o passado e a memória japonesa.

あなたの「過去」は、大丈夫？ 美しい「思い出」として記憶された日々――。 その裏側に触れたとき、見ていた世界は豹変する。 無自覚な心の内をあぶりだす「鳥肌」必至の傑作短編集！ 大学の部活で仲のよかった男友達のナベちゃんが結婚するという。

愛を失くした女子たちの、性と生についての痛切な短編集。 苦しくも美しい、哀と狂気を召し上がれ。 水のように無味無臭で摑めない男との日々「水みたいな人」、 明けない夜、名前も知らない恋人との関係に耽る「ジンジャーエールに似ている」、 私の体に飽きてきた彼氏に感じる切なさ「ぬるいラムネ」、

『伸子』『播州平野』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した作家の社会評論。階級対立が最も陰性な形で激化している昨今、恋愛や結婚の実際においても、男女の社会関係は古い世界の鎖が絡みついている。

「おとなしい女が安全」という世間の思い込みに異を唱えた随筆文。電車内で不快な目に遭っても黙って耐えるだけの女性への苛立ちを述べた著者は、二人の姉妹の対照的なエピソードを紹介する。男につきまとわれた際に交番へ連れ込んだ快活な姉は無事だったが、誰にも相談できなかったおとなしい妹は悪意ある男の術中にはまり、取り返しのつかない結末を迎える。

ローマの丘パラティーノを歩いた記録を綴った紀行文。牝の狼がロムルスとレムスを育てたと伝えられるこの丘には、歴代皇帝の宮殿跡が重なっている。案内人に導かれて進むと、装飾を剥ぎ取られた玉座の間、二千年前の汲み上げポンプの軸棒、はるか谷底に横たわる、二百メートルを超える細長い広場が現れる。

'A harrowing, off-beat novella about the ways in which young teenagers process trauma -- think MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller 'The Crustacean isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this...

Brought to you by Penguin. HOW FAR WILL WE GO TO BELONG? On the precipice of Y2K, unpaid intern Lily Chen is attempting to live the American dream in New York City. But her scientist parents imagined so much more for her when they fled Mao's cultural revolution, hoping for a better life. Despite...

本格ミステリ・ベスト10」2年連続1位！　ランキングを席巻する鬼才の最新短編集！　クラスメイト襲撃事件を捜査する小学校の名探偵。滅亡に瀕した人類に命運を託された“怪物”。郭町の連続毒殺事件に巻き込まれた遊女。

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池澤春菜、初の小説集を本人が朗読！遠い未来のスペースコロニーで、亡くなった叔母の弔いを巡る情景を描いた表題作のほか、商業媒体やウェブ媒体で発表した池澤春菜のＳＦ短篇を集成。

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

男たちへの絶望を感じながら、二人の女が体を求め合う表題作「白鳥」。少年の肉体から離脱した"ボーイ"が暴力的な街を行く「ムーン・リバー」他。絶望を突破してゆく者たちを捉えた鮮烈な小説集。

今なお読まれ続ける、太宰治の代表作「人間失格」。破滅的な人間を描きながらも読者を魅了してやまない本作から、子供でも読みやすい幼少期時代の場面を抄録。