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A perfectly plotted, cosy detective story from Seicho Matsumoto, Japan's master of mystery In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple...

A classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House Murders Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home...

A timely meditation on the nature of conflict from world renowned spiritual thinker J. Krishnamurti.Without the fundamental necessity of peace, we cannot possibly understand the greater things of life.With his...

A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy The sage Confucius visits a cultured duke, whose pursuit of...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the...

A surreal work of science fiction from one of Japan's most brilliant novelists In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'....

Translated by Umeji Sasaki A modern classic in Japan, Botchan is as widely read today as when it was first published, occupying a place in the canon similar to The...

Translated by Andrew Clare New in Penguin Japanese Classics — a gripping novel about a love affair gone wrong Koji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the...

Translated by Geraldine Harcourt New in Penguin Japanese Classics — an innovative feminist novel about motherhood and girlhood Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes,...

Translated by Meredith Weatherby Long regarded as one of the most important novels to appear in post-war Japan, Confessions of a Mask is an allegory of a lonely boy’s yearning...

Translated by Makiko ItohAdapted by Chika Ito 'I've led a life full of shame. Human beings are a complete mystery to me.' This manga version of novelist Osamu Dazai's masterpiece...

Adapted by Coco Kashiwaya A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in manga for the first time! This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun,...