This Japanese novel is a poignant and reflective tale about conjoined twins who share a single body and their quest to understand their shared existence. Author Asahina, a doctor and…
Why are books worth preserving? What can they teach us? Dinner at the Night Library is about a library with a difference on the outskirts of Tokyo. The books it…
A gritty noir page-turner weaving together family, money, and crime, Mieko Kawakami’s Sisters in Yellow follows a girl as she sheds the shackles of her upbringing and seeks to break…
The story is narrated by The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who becomes infatuated with a woman known as “The Woman in the Purple Skirt” in her neighbourhood. The narrator’s…
In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, “Klara and the Sun,” we are introduced to a world where Artificial Intelligence has evolved to a point where robots like Klara and Rosa, the B2…
This is a unique and imaginative novel that tells the story of Rika Horauchi, a reserved young woman who takes on an unconventional part-time job at a museum. Her role…
This is a highly ambitious novella that delves into the life of Shaka, a woman in her thirties with congenital myopathy, a condition severely affecting her mobility and breathing. She…
Seventeen-year old Yuko lives with a young stepfather who takes his job as a parent seriously. Despite several changes in her home situation, and being raised by people who are…
This is the sixth novel by Li Kotomi, a Taiwanese-born author who gained recognition for her literary work, including winning the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for her fifth novel, An Island…
The novel opens with a short prologue in which Amane, age 20, is in bed with her boyfriend, who comments that they are the opposite of Adam and Eve. Adam…
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