The Japan Times: A&E 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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Arts and entertainment features from The Japan Times. 1897年創刊。現存する日本最古の英字新聞・ジャパンタイムズが発信する、映画、アート、音楽、カルチャー、演劇など、さまざまなジャンルの特集記事。 More: https://t.co/uKLRh2zN7K
Mild Vertigo
Mieko KanaiThe Japan Times: A&EOriginally published in 1997, “Mild Vertigo” is just as relevant today in its unpacking of meaning within the ennui of our often stultifying, consumer-driven modern age. https://t.co/iutECHYeni
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Idol, Burning
Rin UsamiThe Japan Times: A&ERin Usami's novel about a teenage superfan of a J-pop idol plays with ideas of who we worship, what we find meaningful and what brings us love, connection and purpose. https://t.co/DL5S2KRtr2
Hardcover, 2022
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki TsujimuraThe Japan Times: A&E"Lonely Castle in the Mirror," based on Mizuki Tsujimura’s novel of the same name, touches on themes of bullying and social anxiety. The plot will transport you, even if the animation doesn’t. https://t.co/6sCsiUE5sG
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho
BashoThe Japan Times: A&EAndrew Fitzsimons offers carefully considered translations of the poet’s works, including his famous haiku about a frog in a pond, in “Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho.” https://t.co/2xSsTopQZ7
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rope Artist
Fuminori NakamuraThe Japan Times: A&ELittle do English-language readers know, the author of "The Rope Artist" and other critically acclaimed books writes on much more than crime. https://t.co/04bW3WZKFy
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The Great Reclamation
Rachel HengThe Japan Times: A&ERachel Heng’s dazzling coming-of-age novel, set before the island country’s independence in the 1960s, chronicles the tragedy of progress with a vivid cast of characters. https://t.co/K8vIQY5Spx
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki MurakamiThe Japan Times: A&EIn “Novelist as a Vocation,” Haruki Murakami paints himself as an everyman while giving frustratingly unclear advice on being a professional writer. https://t.co/Pel0B41QLu
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories
Ao OmaeThe Japan Times: A&EAo Omae deftly explores the struggles Japan’s young people face today with subtlety and incisive criticism in his English-language debut, “People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice.” https://t.co/hOh9vK45cE
Hardcover, 2023
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Longer Human
Osamu DazaiThe Japan Times: A&EAvailable in English for the first time, the novel adds new texture to Osamu Dazai's "No Longer Human," while bringing levity to a somewhat dire thesis: The world is full of inauthenticity. https://t.co/ax2fWwhh9u
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Thorn Puller
Hiromi ItoThe Japan Times: A&EHiromi Ito's semi-autobiographical, transnational novel probes the complexities of life as it follows the struggles of a woman shouldering an impressive load of family troubles. https://t.co/ESPG8SVPu7
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book