Territory of Light
A young mother, newly separated, navigates the luminous yet shadowed terrain of single parenthood in a Tokyo apartment, confronting loss, de…
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No Longer Human
A haunting exploration of postwar Japanese identity, told through the tormented confessions of Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior masks a deeply …
Diary of a Void
Ms Shibata fabricates a pregnancy to escape the drudgery and sexism of her workplace, but her nine-month deception blurs the line between li…
Dandelions
In Yasunari Kawabata's final novel, a woman loses her sight in a mysterious way, blurring the lines between madness and love in a poetic exp…
Breasts and Eggs
A profound and empathetic novel exploring contemporary womanhood in Japan through the intimate journeys of three women confronting their bod…
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job
A woman seeking a job requiring no reading, writing, or thinking takes on a series of surreal, odd roles that reveal deeper questions about …
Weasels in the Attic
Three dinners reveal unsettling reflections on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan through conversations about fish-b…
Harlequin Butterfly
A.A. Abrams, a successful entrepreneur, obsessively pursues the elusive polyglot writer Tomoyuki Tomoyuki, unraveling a dazzling, mind-bendi…
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Aoko Matsuda reinvents traditional Japanese folktales with feminist ghost stories where spirited women, alive or dead, wield power and chall…
First Love
A young woman is arrested for her father's murder, but the truth behind her actions unravels through the insights of a clinical psychologist…
Beautiful Star
A Japanese family discovers they are aliens from different planets, united by a mission to save humanity from nuclear annihilation in this d…
Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
A surreal and unsettling collection of stories about alienated young women whose ordinary lives spiral into tragic and absurd transformation…
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
A speculative fiction masterpiece envisioning humanity on the brink of extinction, exploring new forms of reproduction, evolution, and commu…
Someone Like Us
A son of Ethiopian immigrants returns home to unravel the mysteries of his family’s past, confronting loss, addiction, and the complex ties …
Small Rain
A poet's life is transformed by a sudden medical crisis, leading him through the harsh realities of the American healthcare system and into …
Bright I Burn
Set in 13th-century Ireland, Bright I Burn follows Alice Kyteler, a fiercely independent woman who rises in wealth and power but faces deadl…
