Contemporary fiction books from Japan
Recommended contemporary fiction books (28)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Japan for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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"Akari is a high school junior obsessed with "oshi" Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza. She writes a blog devoted to him, and spends hours addictively scrolling for information about him and his life. Desperate to analyze and understand him, Akari hopes to eventually see the world through his eyes. It is a devotion that borders on the religious: Masaki is her savior, her backbone, someone she believes she cannot survive without-even though she's never actually met him. When rumors surface that her idol assaulted a female fan, social media explodes. Akari immediately beg... continue
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Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura EN
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Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her. Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she met in Paris, is a professor at another private university. He is having an affair with a much younger woman. In addition to her husband’s infidelity, Mitsuki must deal with her ailing eighty-something mother, a demanding, self-absorbed woman who is far from the image of the patient, self-sacrificing Japanese ma... continue
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Kamusari Tales Told at Night by Shion Miura EN
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From Shion Miura, award-winning author of The Easy Life in Kamusari, comes a spirit-lifting novel about tradition, first love, and ancient lore in a Japanese mountain village. It's been a year since Yuki Hirano left home--or more precisely, was booted from it--to study forestry in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. Being a woodsman is not the future he imagined, but his name means "courage," and Yuki hopes to live up to it. He's adapting to his job and learning constantly. In between, he records local legends--tales pulsing with life, passion, and wondrous gods. Kamusari has other charms... continue
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Killing Commendatore : A novel by Haruki Murakami EN
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A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art, Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers. When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he secludes himself in the mountain home of a world famous artist. One day, the young painter hears a noise from the attic, and upon investigation, he discovers a previously unseen painting. By unearthing this hidden work of art, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances; and to close it, he must undertake a perilous journey into a netherworld that only Haruki Murakami... continue
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La sud de graniță, la vest de soare by Haruki Murakami RO
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Romanul exploreaza adincimile sufletului uman, concentrindu-se asupra metamorfozelor prin care trece sentimentul iubirii de la adolescenta pina la maturitate. Personajul principal, Hajime, proprietarul unui bar din Tokyo (autorul transfera asupra personajului propria experienta de viata), duce o existenta aparent linistita si indestulatoare, dar in fapt tulburata de amintirea unei povesti de dragoste din tinerete. Ceea ce il obsedeaza insa pe erou nu e neaparat imaginea iubitelor din trecut, ci caracterul unic si irepetabil al relatiei dintre doi oameni si convingerea ca destinul uman e o prob... continue
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Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami EN
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A boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her portrait
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O gato que amava livros by Sosuke Natsukawa PT
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A livraria Natsuke era uma loja de livros usados quase fora da cidade. Quem passava por lá via estantes que iam do chão até o teto, abarrotadas das mais maravilhosas obras literárias. Rintaro Natsuki amava aquele lugar, erguido pelo trabalho do avô que o criou, com todo o seu coração – passou muitas horas felizes lendo o que desejava por aqueles corredores. A livraria era o refúgio perfeito para o garoto doce, porém recluso. Depois que o avô morre, Rintaro percebe-se só e arrasado: tudo indica que ele precisará fechar a livraria. É quando surge um misterioso gato malhado, de nome Tigre, que pe... continue
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Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima EN
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Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Sakoto, observed from the sidelines by his devoted friend Honda. When Sakoto is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.