Japan’s economic recovery after the second world war was miraculous. Singular Rebellion, which is set in the 1960s, provides a comic insight into that period. When Eisuke Mabuchi, a recent widower and employee of a small Tokyo electrics firm,...
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the arms of others, they contemplate the humiliation of divorce. Misako’s father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and...
Cat lovers will delight in the thoughts of a cat whose particular joy in life is commenting on the folly of human beings. Based on a nameless cat’s observations of upper-middle-class Japanese society of the Meiji era, the essence...
The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world’s first novel-written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature.Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks...
Who loves Mr Nishino? Minami is the daughter of Mr Nishino’s true love. Bereaved Shiori is tempted by his unscrupulous advances. His colleague Manami should know better. His conquest Reiko treasures her independence above all else. Friends Tama and...
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