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Eleven Dark Tales

by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder, Carmen Maria Machado ...

Translated by Stephen Snyder ...

"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book... [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind -- it does in mine -- as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." -- Alan Cheuse, NPRSinister ... Read more

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"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book... [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind -- it does in mine -- as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." -- Alan Cheuse, NPRSinister
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The Memory Police

A Novel

by Yoko Ogawa ...

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Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book AwardA haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects ... Read more

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Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book AwardA haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects
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The Housekeeper and the Professor

A Novel

by Yoko Ogawa ...

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Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to ... Read more

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Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to
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Mina's Matchbox

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by Yoko Ogawa ...

Translated by Stephen B. Snyder ...

**Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews and NPR • One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of Oprah Daily’s Best New Novels of Fall • One of Time’s Best New Books to Read This Summer • A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston Globe, Esquire, Lit Hub, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly • One of Kobo CA's Best Historical Fiction Eboo... ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews and NPR • One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of Oprah Daily’s Best New Novels of Fall • One of Time’s Best New Books to Read This Summer • A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston Globe, Esquire, Lit Hub, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly • One of Kobo CA's Best Historical Fiction Eboo...
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The Memory Police

An enthralling Japanese dystopia you’ll never forget

by Yoko Ogawa ...

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*PRE-ORDER THE MUSEUM OF SILENCE NOW, THE NEXT HAUNTING NOVEL FROM YOKO OGAWA*On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . .Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those who remember live in fear of the Memory Police.To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown ... Read more

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*PRE-ORDER THE MUSEUM OF SILENCE NOW, THE NEXT HAUNTING NOVEL FROM YOKO OGAWA*On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . .Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those who remember live in fear of the Memory Police.To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown
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The Diving Pool

Three Novellas

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Translated by Stephen Snyder ...

The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan's bestselling and most celebrated authorsFrom Akutagawa Award-winning author Yoko Ogawa comes a haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent.A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster brother as she watches him leap from a ... Read more

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The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan's bestselling and most celebrated authorsFrom Akutagawa Award-winning author Yoko Ogawa comes a haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent.A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster brother as she watches him leap from a
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The Museum of Silence

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by Yoko Ogawa ...

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From the author of the National Book Award finalist The Memory Police: a young man is hired to curate the collection of objects that a wealthy woman has taken from her small town’s deceased, just as a string of violent killings shocks the village."From the moment the old woman had first told me about her plans for the museum, I understood this day would come sooner or later. I’d hoped to put it ... Read more

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From the author of the National Book Award finalist The Memory Police: a young man is hired to curate the collection of objects that a wealthy woman has taken from her small town’s deceased, just as a string of violent killings shocks the village."From the moment the old woman had first told me about her plans for the museum, I understood this day would come sooner or later. I’d hoped to put it
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Hotel Iris

A Novel

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Translated by Stephen Snyder ...

A tale of twisted love from Yoko Ogawa—author of The Diving Pool and The Housekeeper and the Professor.In a crumbling seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother tends to the off-season customers. When one night they are forced to expel a middle-aged man and a prostitute from their room, Mari finds herself drawn to the man's voice, in what ... Read more

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A tale of twisted love from Yoko Ogawa—author of The Diving Pool and The Housekeeper and the Professor.In a crumbling seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother tends to the off-season customers. When one night they are forced to expel a middle-aged man and a prostitute from their room, Mari finds herself drawn to the man's voice, in what
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The Memory Police

An enthralling Japanese dystopia you’ll never forget

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama ...

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9 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers.__________Hat, ribbon, bird rose.To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers.__________Hat, ribbon, bird rose.To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough,
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Revenge

Eleven Dark Tales

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith, Johanna Parker ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, ... Read more

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An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts,
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Mina's Matchbox

A Novel

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Narrated by Nanako Mizushima ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

**Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews and NPR • One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of Oprah Daily’s Best New Novels of Fall • One of Time’s Best New Books to Read This Summer • A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston Globe, Esquire, Lit Hub, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly • One of Kobo CA's Best Historical Fiction Eboo... ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews and NPR • One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of Oprah Daily’s Best New Novels of Fall • One of Time’s Best New Books to Read This Summer • A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston Globe, Esquire, Lit Hub, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly • One of Kobo CA's Best Historical Fiction Eboo...
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The Housekeeper and the Professor

by Yoko Ogawa ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to care for the Professor.And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. ... Read more

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He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to care for the Professor.And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them.
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