Under the eye of the big bird

Welcome to the distant future. Humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings - but it is far from certain that connect…

The life of a stupid man

Japan's modernist master explores family, art and the fear of madness in exquisite autobiographical pieces and a short story.

A cup of sake beneath the cherry trees

Moonlight, spring blossom, a woman's hair - a medieval Japanese monk reflects on idle moments and life's fleeting joy.

Mina's matchbox

In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt’s family. Tomoko’s aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home—and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company—are symbols of that status. The seventeen rooms ar…

Sisters in yellow

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781035095094

Collation

429 p. ; 23 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 KAW s

Hooked

Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness. Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by…

Dona Dona

Di sebuah lereng indah tak bernama di Hakodate, Hokkaido, berdiri Kafe Dona Dona yang menawarkan layanan istimewa kepada pengunjungnya: perjalananan melintasi waktu. Seperti di Funiculi Funicula yang ada di Tokyo, hal tersebut hanya dapat dilakukan jika berbagai peraturan yang merepotkan dipenuhi dan dengan secangkir kopi yang dituangkan oleh perempuan di keluarga Tokita. Mereka yan…

Breasts and eggs

Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting emotional depth, Kawakami is today one of Japan’s most important and best-selling writers. She exploded onto the cultural scene first as a musician, then as a poet and popular blogger, and is now an award-winning novelist. Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan a…

Your Name. (小説 君の名は。)

Mitsuha, seorang gadis SMA yang tinggal di sebuah desa di pegunungan, bermimpi dia menjadi seorang anak laki-laki. Dia bangun di sebuah kamar yang asing, berteman dengan orang asing, melihat kota Tokyo tepat di depan matanya. Di lain pihak, Taki, seorang pemuda SMA yang tinggal di Tokyo, juga bermimpi dirinya menjadi seorang gadis SMA yang tinggal di sebuah desa yang di kelilingi pegunungan.…

The Kamogawa food detectives

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781035009596

Collation

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Series Title

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Call Number

800 KAS k