New York. Random House. 1991. 239pp. Paperback. New. "After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers..... More
New York. Kodansha. 2024. Reprint. Translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash. 238pp. Paperback. New. "A battle-tested project leader at PR firm Cyberplan and a slippery bachelor, Sakuma is smug self-regard personified. But when his idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as vacuous by client Nissei Auto, he's met his match..... More
Brisbane. Interactive Press. 2020. Black and white photographic illustrations, 197pp, paperback, signed by the author. Saeko Ogi is a tanka poet and tanka translator. Born in Tokyo, Saeko has lived in Canberra since 1972. She is a member of the Araragi-ha Tanka Society in Japan since 2003 and facilitator of..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 2010. Black and white illustrations, viii + 165 pages, index. Paperback. "Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysantheme" (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime, served as a source of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, and remains in print to this day as a classic in Western..... More