London. Abacus. 2016. Originally published in Japanese as Byakuyako. 539pp, paperback. A twenty-year-old murder A chain of unsolvable mysteries Can one detective solve this epic riddle? When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins... More
United States: Columbia University Press, 2018. Black and white illustrations, 443pp, paperback. Very good. Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of... More
Tokyo. Tuttle Publishing. 2019. 25 black and white woodblock prints, 512pp, paperback. Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume's twenty-five stories, by as many authors, display a wide range of style and subject matter - offering a.... More
United States. 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... More
