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‘Can’t Write A Novel Without You’ a new work by Kazufumi Shiraishi released in Japan
Can’t Write A Novel Without You, Kimi ga inaito shosetsu wa kakenai, a new 443-page novel by the Naoki prize-winning author Kazufumi Shiraishi, was released in hardback,… Read more »
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‘The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro’ by Kanji Hanawa, published today, is a brilliant subtle multi-layered novelette that takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery
The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro, a Japanese tale – not about daring ninja or battling samurai – but a hero, with a very different penchant,… Read more »
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‘The Refugees’ Daughter’, published today, by Takuji Ichikawa, is a call-for-action and a magical modern parable for our troubled times
In a society rife with conflict and a world on the edge of extinction, who should we turn to for answers: society’s strongest or weakest? This… Read more »
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Takuji Ichikawa: Why I wrote ‘The Refugees’ Daughter’
*** Takuji Ichikawa, November 2019 Currently our world faces many crises: climate change, famine due to floods and droughts, unprecedented wealth inequality, regional conflicts,… Read more »
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New Release: ‘The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro’, a tale of legacy, dynasties and birthrights, by Kanji Hanawa
The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro, a Japanese tale – not about daring ninja or battling samurai – but a hero with a very different penchant,… Read more »
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New Release: ‘The Refugees’ Daughter’, a magical modern parable for our troubled times, by Takuji Ichikawa
In a society rife with conflict and a world on the edge of extinction, who should we turn to for answers: society’s strongest or weakest?… Read more »
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Fuminori Nakamura’s latest work, ‘The Card Shark’, launched as a serialised novel in the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s most influential national newspapers
Earlier this month, the Asahi Shimbun started publishing daily installments of Fuminori Nakamura’s latest novel, The Card Shark (Kaado-shi), in its morning edition and its… Read more »
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‘Freethinking’ the first collection of essays by Fuminori Nakamura published in Japan
Last month Kawade Shobo Shinsha, a major Japanese publisher founded in 1886 and publisher of the important Japanese quarterly literary journal Bungei, published the first… Read more »
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Hardback edition of ‘The Plastic Prayer’ by Kazufumi Shiraishi published in Japan
Asahi Shimbun Publications, the book publishing arm of one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious national daily newspapers, released a tanko-bon, hardback, edition of The… Read more »
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‘Bungaku is bouncing back’, according to the Nikkei Asia Review, and Red Circle is playing an important role
In an article published on 28 January under the headline Bull market in bungaku highlights Japanese literary revival, the Nikkei Asia Review (the weekly English language… Read more »
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