OTA - Fiction & Literature 1

"Pour la firme Electrolux, l’arrivée de papa fut une grande aubaine. Il s’avéra rapidement qu’il était un prodige en ce qui concerne la vente d’aspirateurs. Difficile de dire à quoi cela tenait, mai……続きを見る

"Das Interessante liegt im Zwischen", sagte Yoko Tawada in einem Interview. Zwischen den Worten, zwischen den Menschen, zwischen den Kulturen. Kleine detailgenaue Beobachtungen aus dem europäischem ……続きを見る

Hoe ik de vissen ontmoette zijn de ontroerende memoires van de Joods-Tsjechische schrijver Ota Pavel. Hij neemt ons mee naar zijn onbezorgde jeugd en de magische tijd waarin de wereld gevuld leek te……続きを見る

Se avessi pochi istanti per tornare indietro nel tempo, quale momento sceglieresti? Himari non ha dubbi: vorrebbe ritrovare la magia di quando le sue dita correvano sui tasti del pianoforte. Dopo l’……続きを見る

一口箱子打開了 一個臺灣家族的記憶 一段臺日情緣的追尋 親情、愛情、族情　盤根錯節 愛戀的負荷、認同的糾纏　重獲解放 牙醫師、知名演員、作家一青妙震撼臺日讀者的首部自傳性作品 亞馬遜讀者5顆星按讚！ 一本最……続きを見る

Shogun meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai adventure It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his fa……続きを見る

Considerada a obra-prima do escritor Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, As irmãs Makioka traça um sutil e complexo perfil da sociedade japonesa durante os anos 1930 e aborda uma série de conflitos entre os valore……続きを見る

Ein Roman wie eine perfekte Tasse Kaffee: Wärmend. Tröstend. Heilend. »Das Café der magischen Minuten« ist der 2. Band der inspirierenden Healing Novel um Frau Hayaris magisches Café in Japan. Habe……続きを見る

**An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary feverーand it happens to be a rippingly good read.” ーWired “T……続きを見る

From Dakota Matos comes a tale of darkness and rain. When a group of students in a town notice strange things happening around them, they experience abnormal acts in their lives. The Flickering Ligh……続きを見る

Once upon a time in Japan, there was a province where parents who reached the age of sixty had to be abandoned deep in the woods on a hill called Ubasute-yama... Was the story based on a real practi……続きを見る

After overcoming various emotional hurdles from their first week of living together, Ayako and Takumi realize they’re finally ready to get physicalーbut how simple will that really be for a fledglin……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Gogol and many more (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and ……続きを見る

Dad by day, murderer-for-hire by night. Kabuto appears to be an ordinary man: a stressful job, a complicated marriage and an irritable teenage son. It’s no wonder he’s always seeing his doctor. But ……続きを見る

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap f……続きを見る

Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. Nothing evokes the calm and nuance of the traditional Japanese aesthetic more profoundly than this book. Tanizaki’s eye ranges over architecture, ja……続きを見る

16 Short Fantasy Stories written exclusively for this anthology Take a Glimpse into 16 fantasy worlds with this anthology of short fiction by some of the brightest new fantasy fiction talent. Downlo……続きを見る

Vom Aufeinanderprallen zweier Kulturen erzählt diese Prosa-Skizze der Japanerin Yoko Tawada, die in Deutschland lebt. Im Blick des Fremden erschließt sich die europäische Alltags-Welt als ein System……続きを見る

Entre um rebelde senhor de 77 anos e sua nora surge um jogo sutil de poder, envolvendo, de um lado, o ancião que se empenha em burlar uma vida regrada por remédios, médicos e hospitais e, de outro, ……続きを見る

Makers of Electricity is a compelling anthology that navigates the vast and illuminating history of electricity's evolution. The collection intricately weaves through various literary styles, juxtap……続きを見る

La historia de un hombre atrapado en la soledad absoluta el mismo día que abandona el poder en un país que puede ser cualquiera de América Latina. Novela de la corrupción, la soledad, la ingratitud,……続きを見る

Yoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years old and counting, he is one of Japan's many 'old-elderly'; men and women who remember a time before the air and the sea were poisoned, before terri……続きを見る

Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care... I'm Halliday Valentine (yep; funny name is funny), a psy……続きを見る

Die deutsche Grammatik sei schwer; eins der Klischee. Tawada nimmt Sätze, wie sie uns im Alltag begegnen, und nimmt sie wörtlich, zeigt dabei, wie leicht und spielerisch sich Grammatik auch 'lesen' ……続きを見る

The Next Top Model gets new contestants. Tara gets more than she bargained for when the stunning, alarmingly beautiful women of Bleach's Soul Society (and Hueco Mundo) show up. Swords down and beaut……続きを見る

This short story was originally published for a competition that had a word limit of 1,500 words and is an example of live fiction - it was written and published on the day of the event happening. T……続きを見る

Winner of 2018 National Book Award in Translated Literature Library Journal Best Books of 2018 Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays wh……続きを見る

Die Texte (größtenteils Erstveröffentlichungen) widmen sich poetischen Identitätsspielen. Welcher Zauber liegt im Spiel der Identitäten, im Wandel der Formen? Wie wirken Literatur, Wissenschaft und ……続きを見る

In 'The Greatest Russian Short Stories & Plays,' readers are presented with an illustrious collection that encapsulates the profound depth and diverse aesthetics of Russian literature. This antholog……続きを見る

Yoko Tawada denkt über Stimmen in verschiedenen Sprachen nach, sie erzählt vom Schreiben in unterschiedlichen Schriftsystemen und von Buchstabengespenstern im Computer und vielem mehr, auch von Gesi……続きを見る