Japanese, Chinese, Korean & Other Literature Books

Verónica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won''t ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a...

The final novel from Spain's most acclaimed writer, a novel about a charismatic half-Spanish, half-English man who is recruited by British intelligence“Javier Marías’s best work.” —El PaísRetired spy Tomás...

Friendship makes life worth living, and worth ending too. Eufrasia Vela is a caregiver―it’s not just her job. But when she begins working with Doña Carmen, a bedridden elderly woman who spends her days staring out the window at her...

“The most influential Colombian novel before Gabriel García Márquez.”―Times Literary Supplement A new translation of a Latin American classic, José Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the young poet Arturo Cova...

From bestselling authors Genki Kawamura and Marie Kondo comes a collection of heartwarming and whimsical short stories, based on Marie's personal experience of tidying over 1,000 rooms. Miko is a professional tidier, with a secret. When she enters a...

From magical steam trains to objectionable rodents, Miyazawa's sublimely written fairy tales mine the disturbing elements of the classics with rare skill and dark beauty. Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings...

Mysterious journal entries reveal chilling secrets in this story of a woman who becomes close with a peculiar family after losing her own relatives. We Need to Talk About Kevin meets The Vegetarian in this chilling epistolary novel of...

A searching, buoyant novel about queer love, mothers and daughters, and making a life in the face of the only constant: loss.   Every story is a love story. In a Barcelona redolent with Almodóvar vibes, the love is between women: overlapping...

The prequel to Love Me Tender, narrating Debré’s transformation from affluent career woman to broke single lesbian and writer.I see all her beauty, I see the beauty of women. I see my own body, new. I tell myself there are so many...

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A bold tour-de-force about violence and money, love and desire, and a stand-off with the Devil himselfA woman meets a man on a train in Copenhagen and agrees to visit him in London. While she sits out a two-week Covid quarantine in his apartment, she...

Fuuta the cat had a long, loving life. But in the afterlife, he is tasked with a special mission which, if he succeeds, means he can reunite with his owner again in this heartwarming story. "A much-needed dose of comfort and positivity." —Shanna...

Book Two in the LOST SOULS series of a young man with special powers to connect the living with the afterlife. For fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR The much-anticipated follow-up novel to Lost Souls Meet Under a...

'Tantalising' Leo Vardiashvili, author of Hard by a Great Forest   'Profound' Iqbal Hussain, author of Northern Boy Two strangers meet in Manhattan and spend a perfect night together. In Tokyo, they have seven days to see if that...

The life he once knew flashes before his eyes, as Bo grapples with having to surrender his independence. This is a moving story about growing old, connecting with family and accepting the inevitable. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE...

Discover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and KLARA AND THE SUN.2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him under...

Working at a book pulping factory in a job he hates, Guylain Vignolles has but one pleasure in life. Sitting on the 6.27 train each day, Guylain recites aloud from pages he has saved from the jaws of his monstrous pulping machine. It's this release of...

A spectacular display of this key European writer's early work. This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts. As well as...

What if you could turn the pages of your own life, like the pages of your favourite book?Step into the magical and uplifting world of THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP - the Korean sensation for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and DallerGut Dream...

Two novellas from a remarkable voice, László Krasznahorkai explores the themes of mortality, obsession and the inevitability of oblivion. Now in paperback, two novellas from the Hungarian master László...