Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, already topping charts across Europe, will be published in the UK in...
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“The Pornographers,” originally published in 1963, is the only one of Nosaka’s books that’s available in English (where, confusingly, it’s...
In her debut novel, “I Hear Them Cry,” award-winning author Shiho Kishimoto explores how the pattern of violent behavior can...
Though, be warned, while “Snow Country” is often called a love story — between an onsen (hot spring) geisha and a rich...
James Hadfield reviews “Showa: A History of Japan" by Shigeru Mizuki in The Japan Times The rest of the world knew...
A small Japanese town was fuming at best-selling novelist Haruki Murakami on Wednesday after a new story appeared to suggest...
Victoria James reviews Jesse Ball's Silence Once Begun: The Japan Times If you’ve ever thought book reviewing was a questionable...
Japan may rank extraordinarily low — 105th out of 136 countries — on the world gender gap index, but this...
Career nihilist Osamu Dazai had already attempted suicide four times when he published his most famous novel in 1947. “The...
Like all artists, novelists find the impetus to begin in various places. Some inspire themselves with a formal challenge. Georges...
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