London. Vintage. 2019. Reprint. 183pp, 20 x 12.8cm. Paperback. "In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select..... More
London. Penguin. 2018. Maps, black and white illustrations, 248pp, glossary, notes, paperback. Translated with a commentary by Peter Macmillan. "A prize-winning translation of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry. Hyakunin Isshu is the most famous and popular collection of Japanese poetry, and the first work of..... More
London. Penguin. 1985. Notes, black and white illustrations, 92pp, small paperback. Translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Lucien Stryk. "Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of..... More
London. Joffe Books. 2021. 252pp. Paperback. Kamiya Jun is a teenage war orphan from the lost Japanese colony of Karafuto. He is smuggled to the mainland on a fishing boat. Captured by the police, he is handed over to the occupation forces, and finds himself unwillingly recruited to work in..... More
London. Vintage. 2012. Reprint. Translated by Philip Gabriel. 505pp. Paperback. "Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre..... More
