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More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

167 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0readingwitheden's review

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

167 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0readingwitheden's review

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced

The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives
The Kamogawa Food Detectives #1

Hisashi Kashiwai with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

201 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

2.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted slow-paced

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #1

Hisashi Kashiwai with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

201 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

2.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted slow-paced

In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Thomas J. Harper (Translator)

76 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Thomas J. Harper (Translator)

76 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced

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

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0readingwitheden's review

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)

3.0readingwitheden's review

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.5readingwitheden's review

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.5readingwitheden's review

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

193 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

4.5readingwitheden's review

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai with Donald Keene (Translator)

193 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

4.5readingwitheden's review

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami

Record of a Night Too Brief
Hiromi Kawakami with Lucy North (Translator)

160 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced

Record of a Night Too Brief

Hiromi Kawakami with Lucy North (Translator)

160 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Frolic of the Beasts by Yukio Mishima

The Frolic of the Beasts
Yukio Mishima

176 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary reflective sad slow-paced

The Frolic of the Beasts

Yukio Mishima

176 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

4.0readingwitheden's review

fiction literary reflective sad slow-paced

The Box Man
Kōbō Abe with E. Dale Saunders (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

3.5readingwitheden's review

fiction literary mysterious slow-paced

The Box Man

Kōbō Abe with E. Dale Saunders (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

3.5readingwitheden's review

fiction literary mysterious slow-paced

The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0readingwitheden's review

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Blanket Cats

Kiyoshi Shigematsu with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0readingwitheden's review

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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