Japanese, Chinese, Korean & Other Literature Books

Is it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich — because, I think, it brings joy to my heart. . .On Christmas day, in the flurry of a snow storm, the Huberts discover a ragged...

'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.'Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon—Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable...

While the youth uprising sweeps across Europe, a debate about Franz Kafka appears in student magazines, arguing that publishing the texts Kafka left behind against his will is unfaithful to his legacy. When Kafka's best friend, Brod, is injured in an...

In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition:...

To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from Paris to La Pierre-Saint-Christophe, a village in the marshlands of western France. Determined to capture the essence of rurality, the intrepid scholar...

A dream elegy for the political death of Hong Kong, from the author of Owlish. The city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Though so much has vanished with it - classmates, teachers, counterfeit watches, the erotic toe...

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...

New Novel from the Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award Introduction by Porochista Khakpour. "One of the most raved-about works of translated fiction this year"―Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a...

Fourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai’s fabled career, some never before seen in English No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we’re adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and...

'One of my favourite writers' OLGA RAVN, author of The Wax Child From the award-winning Danish writer: an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter, exploring all that is said and all that is not. 'Slow your heart, slow your attention span –...

Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden death of Mitch’s brother, they’ve been mourning in their private ways,...

Travel to the Underworld and back in this tale of star-crossed lovers, political intrigue and mysticism inspired by Korean mythology and set in the Joseon dynasty, by the emerging Korean romantasy sensation Esther Park. 'Bound to tug at your heart...

Andreas Egger knows every path and peak of his mountain valley, the source of his sustenance, his livelihood - his home.Set in the mid-twentieth century and told with beauty and tenderness, Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life is a story of man's...

A blustering interloper and a meek aristocrat struggle for control of a country estate, in this comic novel by the author of Crime and Punishment.“Avsey's excellent translation and stimulating introduction and notes enable the reader to...

Richly atmospheric and written in exquisite prose, this reverse coming-of-age tale follows an older woman whose own stressful youth resurfaces when she witnesses parents overwhelming a child at a concert. One of the foremost writers of her generation...

Don’t miss Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, based on The Devil's Star, streaming now on Netflix! “A plot that speeds along like a bullet train.”—New York Times Book Review “A big, ambitious, wildly...

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...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026.A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2025.A New York Times Notable Book of 2025.A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025.A Guardian Book of the Year 2025...

An intimate portrait of genius, love, and betrayal at the end of Gustav Mahler’s life.  In the spring of 1910, Gustav Mahler—wrapped in a wool blanket—sits on the deck of the Amerika, sailing back to Europe. The ocean...

A NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BEST—SELLER. A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE. A vibrant tale of love, companionship, and renewal set against the transformations of 1960s Vienna. “How I loved this book! Filled with truth after...