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Wildcat Dome

A Novel

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda ...

An epic novel of postwar Japan—a powerful reckoning with empire, catastrophe, trauma, and truth-telling—by the author of Territory of Light.Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden death of Mitch’s brother, they’ve been mourning in their private ways, worlds apart. In the aftermath of the ... Read more

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An epic novel of postwar Japan—a powerful reckoning with empire, catastrophe, trauma, and truth-telling—by the author of Territory of Light.Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden death of Mitch’s brother, they’ve been mourning in their private ways, worlds apart. In the aftermath of the
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Territory of Light

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Translated by Geraldine Harcourt ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret DrabbleIt is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint, ... Read more

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'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret DrabbleIt is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint,
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Territory of Light

A Novel

by Yuko Tsushima ...

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From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling novel of loss and rebirth“Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation.” —Foumiko Kometani, The New York TimesI was puzzled by how I had changed. But I could no longer go back . . .It is spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory ... Read more

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From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling novel of loss and rebirth“Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation.” —Foumiko Kometani, The New York TimesI was puzzled by how I had changed. But I could no longer go back . . .It is spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory
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The Culling Times

by Yuko Tsushima ...

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A sweeping novel set between 1938 and 2011, this multi-generational story follows the history of one Japanese family as they live through World War II, a host of family dramas, and, finally, the Fukushima disaster. This deeply felt, formally inventive, ambitious novel pulls heavily from the author's own life, including the death of her famous father, the writer Osamu Dazai.The Culling Times is a ... Read more

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A sweeping novel set between 1938 and 2011, this multi-generational story follows the history of one Japanese family as they live through World War II, a host of family dramas, and, finally, the Fukushima disaster. This deeply felt, formally inventive, ambitious novel pulls heavily from the author's own life, including the death of her famous father, the writer Osamu Dazai.The Culling Times is a
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Woman Running in the Mountains

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Translated by Geraldine Harcourt ...

Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese master.Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko Odaka departs on foot for the hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a brief affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame ... Read more

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Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese master.Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko Odaka departs on foot for the hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a brief affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame
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Child of Fortune

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Translated by Geraldine Harcourt ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
'A terrific novel' Angela CarterKoko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future, memories of her own childhood loss flood into her ... Read more

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'A terrific novel' Angela CarterKoko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future, memories of her own childhood loss flood into her
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Of Dogs and Walls

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Series series Penguin Modern
'Though their house was new, the wall had been there a long time.'In these two stories, which have never before been translated into English, Tsushima shows how memories, dreams and fleeting images describe the borders of our lives.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its ... Read more

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'Though their house was new, the wall had been there a long time.'In these two stories, which have never before been translated into English, Tsushima shows how memories, dreams and fleeting images describe the borders of our lives.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its
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Territory of Light

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Narrated by Rina Takasaki ...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, read by Rina Takasaki.Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her husband. The novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight streaming ... Read more

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, read by Rina Takasaki.Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her husband. The novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight streaming
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Territory of Light

A Novel

by Yuko Tsushima ...

Narrated by Rina Takasaki ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling audiobook of loss and rebirth.“Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation.” —Foumiko Kometani, The New York TimesI was puzzled by how I had changed. But I could no longer go back . . .It is spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. ... Read more

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From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling audiobook of loss and rebirth.“Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation.” —Foumiko Kometani, The New York TimesI was puzzled by how I had changed. But I could no longer go back . . .It is spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment.
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Happiness and Love

A Novel

by Zoe Dubno ...

Narrated by Zoe Dubno ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

**One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year“Reading the novel is akin to spending time with a witty if merciless observer of other people’s idiocies. There’s something of a latter-day Holden Caulfield about the narrator…it possesses an enlivening, claustrophobic charge.” —The SpectatorFollowing a young woman over the course of one outrageous and insufferable downtown dinner party at the home of her ... Read more

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**One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year“Reading the novel is akin to spending time with a witty if merciless observer of other people’s idiocies. There’s something of a latter-day Holden Caulfield about the narrator…it possesses an enlivening, claustrophobic charge.” —The SpectatorFollowing a young woman over the course of one outrageous and insufferable downtown dinner party at the home of her
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Voices of the Fallen Heroes

And Other Stories

by Yukio Mishima ...

Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

Series series Vintage International
Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers.In the title story, "Voices of the Fallen Heroes," a séance brings forth the spirits of young officers in the Imperial Army and the kamikaze pilots ... Read more

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A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers.In the title story, "Voices of the Fallen Heroes," a séance brings forth the spirits of young officers in the Imperial Army and the kamikaze pilots
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Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann ...

Translated by Lesley Chamberlain ...

Series series Pushkin Press Classics
**A sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man’s downfall; another classic from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.“Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.” ― The New York Times**One of the pre-eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav ... Read more

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**A sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man’s downfall; another classic from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.“Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.” ― The New York Times**One of the pre-eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav
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