Awai Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Tokyo/NYC publisher of great original books and translations. アートと文学と豊かなアイデアを、新しい出版のかたちで。東京から、ニューヨークから、世界中からお届けします。
Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000
Mark SchillingAwai BooksAmazon USA is running a flash sale on @moviefan55's "Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000." If you don't have a copy already, this is a great time! https://t.co/IhP12ywg5a
Paperback, 2019
$37.99Member price:$37.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Inspector Inspector
Jee Leong KohAwai BooksCongrats @Jee_Leong_Koh! Wonderful write up of "Inspector Inspector" in TLS. We're honored to have published Koh's bilingual English/Japanese edition of "The Pillow Book" (translator @keisuketbn). Inspector Inspector by Jee Leong Koh | review https://t.co/odxeBqWK8T
Paperback, 2022
$20.99Member price:$19.94 + Free shipping5% off
Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground
Ian F. MartinAwai BooksIn Cambridge, MA, you can now find a few of our titles at the MIT Press Bookstore🙏 @moviefan55's "Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000" https://t.co/q9CzWCQBQ2 And @ianfmartin's "Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese underground" https://t.co/n69zZdljWh
Paperback, 2016
$24.99Member price:$24.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey Onto Japan's Biggest Film Sets
Norman EnglandAwai BooksAmazon Japan is running a quick flash sale on @normancengland's "Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey Onto Japan's Biggest Film Sets." They make good holiday presents! https://t.co/OEnf6vPJaJ
Paperback, 2021
$31.99Member price:$31.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Japanese Cinema: A Personal Journey
Peter CowieAwai BooksCan't wait for Mark Schilling’s film to come out this week! And if you haven’t read his newest book yet, now is a good time for “Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000”. https://t.co/GfmSjFXIT3
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Science and Steepleflower: Poetry
Forrest GanderAwai BooksDelighted that a bilingual poetry collection of ours, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Forrest Gander, will be musically reinterpreted this month in Tokyo by composer Alice Nakamura. Come out if you can! And read the book if you haven’t! "Eiko & Koma": https://t.co/501ovYgxwi https://t.co/ZZD7BxwKDN
Paperback, 1998
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pillow Book: English-Japanese Illustrated Edition マクラノソウシ（日本&
Jee Leong KohAwai BooksCongrats @Jee_Leong_Koh! Wonderful write up of "Inspector Inspector" in TLS. We're honored to have published Koh's bilingual English/Japanese edition of "The Pillow Book" (translator @keisuketbn). Inspector Inspector by Jee Leong Koh | review https://t.co/odxeBqWK8T
Paperback, 2014
$22.99Member price:$22.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Death of Things: Ephemera and the American Novel
Sarah WassermanAwai Books"More Americans work in museums than work in coal, but coalminers are treated as sacred beings owed huge subsidies and the sacrifice of the climate" ーFrom Sarah Wasserman's wonderful THE DEATH OF THINGS
Paperback, 2020
$27.00Member price:$27.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)