Mieko Kawakami

26 books

All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

221 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

221 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Freeman's: The Best New Writing on Love by John Freeman

Freeman's: The Best New Writing on Love
Freeman's

John Freeman

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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Freeman's: The Best New Writing on Love

Freeman's

John Freeman

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

poetry short stories informative reflective medium-paced

Heaven
Mieko Kawakami with David Boyd (Translator), Sam Bett (Translator)

190 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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Heaven

Mieko Kawakami with David Boyd (Translator), Sam Bett (Translator)

190 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Ms Ice Sandwich
Mieko Kawakami with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

92 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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Ms Ice Sandwich

Mieko Kawakami with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

92 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective fast-paced

A Once Perfect Day for Bananafish by Mieko Kawakami

A Once Perfect Day for Bananafish
Electric Literature's Recommended Reading #48

Mieko Kawakami with Ted Goossen, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator), Motoyuki Shibata

12 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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A Once Perfect Day for Bananafish

Electric Literature's Recommended Reading #48

Mieko Kawakami with Ted Goossen, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator), Motoyuki Shibata

12 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories by Jay Rubin

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
Jay Rubin with Paul Warham (Translator), Richard Bowring (Translator), Minoru Betsuyaku, Kenji Nakagami, Yōko Ogawa, Royall Tyler (Translator), Ōgai Mori, Noriko Mizuta (Translator), Angus Turvill (Translator), Yūya Satō, Ted Goossen (Translator), Geraldine Harcourt (Translator), Rachel DiNitto (Translator), Aoko Matsuda, Kazumi Saeki, Akiyuki Nosaka, Yukio Mishima, Mieko Kawakami, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator), Richard H. Minear (Translator), Eve Zimmerman (Translator), Yuichi Seirai, Abe Akira, Minako Ohba, Haruki Murakami (Contributor), Koji Uno, Jay Rubin (Translator), Motoyuki Shibata, Brian Bergstrom (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Yūko Tsushima, Doppo Kunikida, Kafū Nagai, Geoffrey W. Sargent (Translator), Taeko Kōno, Lane Dunlop (Translator), Fumiko Enchi, Shin'ichi Hoshi, Sawanishi Yuten, Yasunari Kawabata, Genji Keita, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Banana Yoshimoto, Hyakken Uchida, Tomoyuki Hoshino, Yoko Ota, Natsume Sōseki, Michael Emmerich (Translator), Phyllis Birnbaum (Translator)

562 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

Jay Rubin with Paul Warham (Translator), Richard Bowring (Translator), Minoru Betsuyaku, Kenji Nakagami, Yōko Ogawa, Royall Tyler (Translator), Ōgai Mori, Noriko Mizuta (Translator), Angus Turvill (Translator), Yūya Satō, Ted Goossen (Translator), Geraldine Harcourt (Translator), Rachel DiNitto (Translator), Aoko Matsuda, Kazumi Saeki, Akiyuki Nosaka, Yukio Mishima, Mieko Kawakami, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator), Richard H. Minear (Translator), Eve Zimmerman (Translator), Yuichi Seirai, Abe Akira, Minako Ohba, Haruki Murakami (Contributor), Koji Uno, Jay Rubin (Translator), Motoyuki Shibata, Brian Bergstrom (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Yūko Tsushima, Doppo Kunikida, Kafū Nagai, Geoffrey W. Sargent (Translator), Taeko Kōno, Lane Dunlop (Translator), Fumiko Enchi, Shin'ichi Hoshi, Sawanishi Yuten, Yasunari Kawabata, Genji Keita, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Banana Yoshimoto, Hyakken Uchida, Tomoyuki Hoshino, Yoko Ota, Natsume Sōseki, Michael Emmerich (Translator), Phyllis Birnbaum (Translator)

562 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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About Her and the Memories that Belong to Her by Mieko Kawakami

About Her and the Memories that Belong to Her
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Mieko Kawakami

About Her and the Memories that Belong to Her
Mieko Kawakami with Hitomi Yoshio (Translator)

5 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) not a book

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About Her and the Memories that Belong to Her
—
Mieko Kawakami

About Her and the Memories that Belong to Her

Mieko Kawakami with Hitomi Yoshio (Translator)

5 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) not a book

fiction short stories dark reflective medium-paced

Ashes of Spring
Mieko Kawakami

4 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

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Ashes of Spring

Mieko Kawakami

4 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary short stories

Chandelier: An Original Story by Mieko Kawakami

Chandelier: An Original Story
Mieko Kawakami with David Boyd (Translator)

47 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction short stories

Chandelier: An Original Story

Mieko Kawakami with David Boyd (Translator)

47 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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