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And Then

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Translated by Norma Moore Field ...

**A stirring and insightful novel from an author Japan Quarterly calls "a Japanese writer of genius."**From beloved author Soseki Natsume, And Then tells the story of Daisuke, a man in his twenties who is struggling with his personal purpose and identity as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th Century, ancient customs give way to Western ideals, and ... Read more

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**A stirring and insightful novel from an author Japan Quarterly calls "a Japanese writer of genius."**From beloved author Soseki Natsume, And Then tells the story of Daisuke, a man in his twenties who is struggling with his personal purpose and identity as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th Century, ancient customs give way to Western ideals, and
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The Gate

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by Natsume Soseki ...

An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational ... Read more

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An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational
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Sanshiro

by Natsume Soseki ...

Translated by Jay Rubin ...

One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving 'real world' of Tokyo, its women and university. In the subtle tension between our appreciation of Soseki's lively humour and our awareness of Sanshiro's doomed innocence, the novel comes to life. Sanshiro is ... Read more

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One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving 'real world' of Tokyo, its women and university. In the subtle tension between our appreciation of Soseki's lively humour and our awareness of Sanshiro's doomed innocence, the novel comes to life. Sanshiro is
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Kusamakura

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A stunning new English translation—the first in more than forty years—of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fictionNatsume Soseki's Kusamakura—meaning “grass pillow”—follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the ... Read more

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A stunning new English translation—the first in more than forty years—of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fictionNatsume Soseki's Kusamakura—meaning “grass pillow”—follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the
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A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

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A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate. Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without a ... Read more

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A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate. Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without a
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Suspicion

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Translated by Jesse Kirkwood ...

A taut psychological thriller about the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases, and our deepest desires, available in English for the first time from “Japan’s Agatha Christie.” (The Sunday Times)In the middle of the night, a car drives off a pier. An elderly man drowns, but his young wife lives. The wife’s name is Kumako Onizuka, and with a past stained by yakuza entanglements and ... Read more

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A taut psychological thriller about the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases, and our deepest desires, available in English for the first time from “Japan’s Agatha Christie.” (The Sunday Times)In the middle of the night, a car drives off a pier. An elderly man drowns, but his young wife lives. The wife’s name is Kumako Onizuka, and with a past stained by yakuza entanglements and
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One Sun Only

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A stunning collection of stories exploring love and art, luck and loss, from “one of our greatest living short story writers” (Esquire), the author of How to Behave in a Crowd and The MaterialONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER AND ONE OF THE NEW YORKER AND ESQUIRE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)“Camille Bordas is an expert chronicler of misfits. . . . [These stories] ran... ... Read more

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Python's Kiss

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by Louise Erdrich ...

From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short storiesIt was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of experience. Also, I hoped for a long life.Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s magnificent story collection ... Read more

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From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short storiesIt was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of experience. Also, I hoped for a long life.Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s magnificent story collection
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Lies and Sorcery

by Elsa Morante ...

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An Italian master’s magnum opus about three generations of wildly eccentric women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation“[In Lies and Sorcery] I discovered that an entirely female story—entirely women’s desires and ideas and feelings—could be compelling and, at the same time, have great literary value.” —Elena Ferrante, author of My Brilliant FriendElsa Morante is one of the titans ... Read more

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An Italian master’s magnum opus about three generations of wildly eccentric women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation“[In Lies and Sorcery] I discovered that an entirely female story—entirely women’s desires and ideas and feelings—could be compelling and, at the same time, have great literary value.” —Elena Ferrante, author of My Brilliant FriendElsa Morante is one of the titans
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Baldwin: A Love Story

by Nicholas Boggs ...

WINNER OF THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZEWINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHYA TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARDrawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding boo... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZEWINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHYA TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARDrawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding boo...
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The Ten Year Affair

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“The best book about adultery since Madame Bovary.” —Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection“Intoxicating.” —The New YorkerA New Yorker, NPR, ELLE, and Esquire Best Book of the YearA hilariously acerbic sliding doors novel about a chance meeting between two young parents, both happily married (just not to each other) that sparks a will-they-won’t-they roma... ... Read more

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“The best book about adultery since Madame Bovary.” —Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection“Intoxicating.” —The New YorkerA New Yorker, NPR, ELLE, and Esquire Best Book of the YearA hilariously acerbic sliding doors novel about a chance meeting between two young parents, both happily married (just not to each other) that sparks a will-they-won’t-they roma...
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Sakura

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by Kanako Nishi ...

Translated by Allison Markin Powell ...

Available in English at last, the international bestseller from one of Japan's most acclaimed authors, a touching tale of a broken family contending with the pain of the past to live in the present, helped by the unforgettable dog who becomes their lifeline.Sakura is the story of a family who is happy, until it isn’t. Skipping back and forth in time, it begins when the narrator, Kaoru, receives a ... Read more

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Available in English at last, the international bestseller from one of Japan's most acclaimed authors, a touching tale of a broken family contending with the pain of the past to live in the present, helped by the unforgettable dog who becomes their lifeline.Sakura is the story of a family who is happy, until it isn’t. Skipping back and forth in time, it begins when the narrator, Kaoru, receives a
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