Japanese fiction
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The first Japanese book I read, translated to English, was The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. I had heard and lot about this book and so gave it a go and was I in for a ride. The story is about a mother and daughter, Yasuko and Misato who accidentally kill Yauko’s ex-husband…
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The Lantern of Lost Memories is a Japanese fiction book written by Sanaka Hiiragi and translated to English by Jesse Kirkwood. It is the story of a magical photo studio owned by Mr. Hirasaki. The studio is a door to the afterlife where people stop before moving on. At the time of death of a…
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Days At The Morisaki Book is a Japanese language fiction written by Satoshi Yagisawa and translated to English by Eric Ozawa. It follows the journey of Takako and her days spent at her uncle’s bookshop, The Morisaki Bookshop. The bookshop deals in old Japanese books. “It’s only in secondhand books that you can savor encounters…
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Convenience Store Woman is a Japanese novel written by Sayaka Murata and translated to English by Ginny Tapley Takemori. It is a story of thirty-six-year-old Keiko Furukura who works at a convenience store. Keiko has been a misfit since her childhood but once she finds employment at a convenience store, Smile Mart, she finds a…
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What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that’s not the main reason customers stop by . . . The Kamogawa Food…