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 about Journey Under the Midnight Sun
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 about Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales
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 about Chrysantheme Papers. The Pink Notebook of Madame Chrysantheme and Other Documents of French...
Middlesex. Penguin. 2003. Translated by Royall Tyler. Map, plans, back and white illustrations, xxix + 1182pp, notes, glossaries, chronologies, paperback. The first complete new translation for 25 years of the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature. Lady Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and... More about The Tale of Genji
