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Tokyo Express

Tokyo Express

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In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered....

Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

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Meet Keiko. She's 36 years old, has never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same...

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea

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A beautiful hardback quarterbound edition of a great Japanese classic, the tale of a group of...

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

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Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building...

Weasels in the Attic

Weasels in the Attic

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This mysterious short novel explores fertility, masculinity, and marriage in the context of...

Bullet Train

Bullet Train

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"Part high-octane thriller, part farce, and laced with philosophical and literary debates, this is...

How Do You Live

How Do You Live

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Imprisoned for 'socialist thinking' in 1931, Tokyo-born Genzaburo Yoshino was later commissioned,...

Temple Alley Summer

Temple Alley Summer

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New from Restless Books, this is a sweet and spooky tale from renowned Japanese children's author...

The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino

The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino

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Over the course of his life Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a...

The Nakano Thrift Shop

The Nakano Thrift Shop

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If you could inhabit the world of a particular novel for a while, which one would you choose? I...

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Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

Ears of wheat from below with a bright blue sky and clouds

I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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