fumi - Fiction & Literature 1

Minazuki is stuck. A mousy divorcée scraping by as a part-time translator and bento seller, she moves through life cautiously, haunted by past mistakes that shattered her marriage. She knows better ……続きを見る

Tras perder a su hijo en un accidente, Mieko Tōgano, una mujer culta y misteriosa, comienza a entrometerse en los asuntos de la joven y bella viuda, Yasuko. Ambas viven juntas, llevan adelante una r……続きを見る

Entre juin 1933 et octobre 1936, Hayashi rédige à la première personne les huit récits ici réunis. Déjà célèbre depuis la parution de Chronique de ma vie vagabonde (1930), elle revient alors d’un vo……続きを見る

The Chronicles of the Bronze Sacred Tree: Book One – The Awakening of the Golden Scepter Beneath the shadow of the mysterious Sanxingdui ruins, fifteen-year-old Ayue believes her life is destined to……続きを見る

Haruka deve smettere di parlare della sua malattia, ma non sa se ne è capace. È guarita, eppure la malattia sembra ormai diventata la sua identità. Tutti nella sua vita, amici, fidanzato, famiglia, ……続きを見る

'Here it comes. Closer, closer. The ocean has come to kiss my feet. Let the waves come, let them eat away at this rock, my home, my cave, my cage. Let the ocean move in and bring with it all the wor……続きを見る

A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable. The Thief is a seasoned pickp……続きを見る

Zen-Noir master Nakamura returns to the Tokyo of The Thief, where a young grifter named Yurika finds herself in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the shadowy crime lord Kizaki. Yurika is a free……続きを見る

Er betreibt sein Metier in den belebten Straßen Tokios und den überfüllten Wagen der U-Bahn. Er stiehlt mit kunstvollen, fließenden Bewegungen. Der Diebstahl ist der Kick in seinem Leben, das Gefühl……続きを見る

A darkly melancholic tale that combines Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Camus’s The Fall ーNakamura’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novel is here translated into English for the first time and is another high-……続きを見る

The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief─another fantastically creepy, electr……続きを見る

The magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki’s girlfr……続きを見る

“The Story of the Peony Lantern” by the Chinese author Qu You (1347–1433) traveled across lingual, cultural, and geopolitical borders in early modern East Asia. The original tale, set in fourteenth-……続きを見る

Ce premier numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature taïwanaise contemporaine, une littérature diverse et largement ouverte sur le monde, puisant à toutes les ……続きを見る

In dieser Arbeit werden die konzeptionelle Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit in verschiedenen Zeitungssorten um 1850 untersucht. Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, die Entwicklung der Zeitung im deutschsp……続きを見る

Die mächtige japanische Kuki-Familie folgt einer menschenverachtenden Tradition: der jeweils jüngste Sohn wird dazu erzogen, das Böse über die Menschheit zu bringen. Und so erhält Fumihiro eine Ausb……続きを見る

Instantly reminiscent of the work of Osamu Dazai and Patricia Highsmith, Fuminori Nakamura’s latest novel is a dark and twisting house of mirrors that philosophically explores the violence of aesthe……続きを見る

A Tokyo college student’s discovery and eventual obsession with a stolen handgun awakens something dark inside him. On a nighttime walk along a Tokyo riverbank, a young man named Nishikawa stumbles ……続きを見る

«0. “La poesia”, scrive Marjorie Perloff, “implica intrinsecamente la strutturazione del suono”; eppure “nessun altro aspetto poetico è attualmente così trascurato”. Concentrandosi in primo luogo “s……続きを見る

Savaşı kaybeden bir devlet, benliğini ve ümitlerini yitiren bir millet... Bu trajik tabloyu temsilen, Tomioka ve Yukiko’nun sevgi, ihtiras ve entrikalarla dolu hikâyesi... Japonya’nın en çok ses get……続きを見る

“Now offered in translation for the first time, this collection featuring women navigating societal expectations (and their small rebellions) is a classic.” ー Boston Globe A spiky, edgy collection ……続きを見る

The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women 'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern ……続きを見る

As the nineteenth century draws toward its close, King Ludwig II of Bavaria binge-watches television to escape his reality, side-lined by his own advisers. His one wish is to meet Wagner, the myster……続きを見る

"Kvindemasker" er et ildevarslende trekantsdrama, en mystisk besættelsesfortælling om hævn og bedrag og en stærk psykologisk udforskning af sorg og jalousi. Ibuki er forelsket i den unge enke Yasuko……続きを見る

Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers Ibuki loves widow Yasuko who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence as well as beauty. His friend, M……続きを見る

The aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir. Two detectives. Two identical w……続きを見る

Hope can come from unlikely places... Angela is at a crossroads. New life and new death, discovering she is pregnant just as her beloved Obachan, Aiko, passes away. Paralyzed by the gravity of these……続きを見る

Stand-In Companion, by the award-winning Japanese author Kazufumi Shiraishi, explores the struggle to find love, companionship and meaning in life. In any society, relationship dynamics are complex.……続きを見る

Published for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a hear……続きを見る

Con introduzione di Giorgio Amitrano e postfazione di Daniela Moro «Grazie al tramite della letteratura classica, sensualità e spiritualità si fondono nei lavori di Enchi. Dopo di lei, nella lettera……続きを見る