"A Personal Matter" is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. ..
Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky... A bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's ..
Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is ..
In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up ..