Japanese Fiction Public

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  1. Kitchen by ,

    4 stars

    Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and “Kitchen,” the dazzling English-language …

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  2. At the End of the Matinee by ,

    4 stars

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  3. An Artist of the Floating World by 

    4 stars

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  4. The Memory Police by , ,

    4 stars

    **2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

    A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of …

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  5. I-Novel by ,

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  6. The Woman in the Purple Skirt by ,

    4 stars

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  7. Heaven by , ,

    4 stars

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  8. The Factory by ,

    3 stars

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  9. Life Ceremony by ,

    4 stars

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  10. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by 

    4 stars

    A woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, …

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  11. The lonesome bodybuilder by 

    4 stars

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  12. Diary of a Void by , ,

    4 stars

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  13. The Setting Sun by 

    4 stars

    This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set …

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  14. Tokyo Ueno Station by 

    4 stars

    Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincidences …

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  15. Time Differences by ,

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    Mamoru wakes up at 9am in Berlin, eats breakfast, and then sets off to teach a Japanese language class, carrying …

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