United Kingdom. Faber & Faber. 2013. 206pp, paperback. It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his... More about An Artist of the Floating World
United Kingdom: Vintage Publishing, 2008. 467pp, paperback. Two prostitutes have been murdered in Tokyo. uriko had been working as a prostitute all her adult life, starting while still at school, where her stunning beauty compensated for what she lacked in intellect and commanded attention from older men. azue worked for... More about Grotesque
United Kingdom: Vintage Publishing, 2008. 208pp, paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls drift through a hot smoggy August and tedious summer school classes. There s dependable Toshi; brainy Terauchi; Yuzan, grief-stricken and confused; and Kirarin, whose late nights and reckless behaviour remain a secret... More about Real World
