Strange Weather in Tokyo (Kawakami Hiromi)(Paperback)

Strange Weather in Tokyo (Kawakami Hiromi)(Paperback)

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age. Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei,' in a local bar. Tsukiko had only

Strange Weather in Tokyo (Kawakami Hiromi (Y))(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of the bestselling Japanese novel, now including the new short story,

Nakano Thrift Shop (Kawakami Hiromi (Y))(Paperback / softback)

From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be

Ten Loves of Mr Nishino (Kawakami Hiromi (Y))(Paperback / softback)

From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo and The Nakano Thrift Shop, an irresistible new novel about an elusive ladies' man and the women who have loved

Breasts and Eggs (Kawakami Mieko)(Paperback / softback)

On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's

Parade: A Folktale (Kawakami Hiromi)(Paperback)

A parable about memory, mythic characters, and confessional regrets . . . An ethereal, resonating literary gift (Booklist, starred review) from the internationally bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo. On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and

Vetešnictví pana Nakana - Hiromi Kawakami

Hlavní postavou novely Hiromi Kawakamiové Vetešnictví pana Nakana (Furudógu Nakano šóten) z r. 2005 je mladá dívka Hitomi, která nastoupí jako pokladní a pomocná prodavačka na částečný úvazek v malém vetešnictví na tokijském předměstí. V knize sledujeme její citové

Record of a Night Too Brief (Kawakami Hiromi)(Paperback)

Akutagawa Prize-winning stories about unsettling loss and romance from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary writers--for fans of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters

No Surrender (Onoda Hiroo)(Paperback)

In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine army and police, hostile islanders, and eventually successive Japanese search parties, Onoda

Heaven - Mieko Kawakami

From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying. In Heaven, a fourteen-year-old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he

I Live in Tokyo (Takabayashi Mari)(Paperback)

Have you ever been to Tokyo, Japan? Far away, in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo is a busy city of color, activity, celebrations, gigantic buildings, and much more. Seven-year-old Mimiko lives in Tokyo, and here you can follow a year's worth of fun, food and festivities in Mimiko's life, month by month

Abandon the Old in Tokyo (Tatsumi Yoshihiro)(Paperback)

Abandon the Old in Tokyo continues to delve into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Yoshihiro Tatsumi's maturation as a storyteller. Many of the stories deal with the economic hardships of the time and the strained relationships

Strange Weather (Hill Joe)(Paperback / softback)

A stunning collection of short novels from bestseller Joe Hill, this new collection from an award-winning author makes compelling and powerful

Strange Weather: Four Short Novels (Hill Joe)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!NOVEMBER 2017 INDIE NEXT PICK!Locus Award Finalist!Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist!A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman, Joe Hill.'One of

Weather in Normal (Etter Carrie)(Paperback / softback)

Alfie Weather (Hughes Shirley)(Paperback)

Any old weather is Alfie weather, and as Alfie demonstrates in this stunning collection of stories and poems, there's always lots to do come rain or shine. Whether it's exploring frozen puddles on a frosty winter's day or wading in a cool stream on a hot summer's afternoon, Alfie's world is a great

Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein Robert A.)(Paperback / softback)

Now stunningly repackaged, the original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein - one of the most celebrated science-fiction novels of all

Marabou Stork Nightmares (Welsh Irvine)(Paperback / softback)

Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family, the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up, his mundane job, a disastrous emigration to Africa, and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer

Rain: Four Walks in English Weather (Harrison Melissa)(Paperback)

An evocative meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa Harrison. Whenever rain falls, the English countryside changes. Fields, farms, hills and hedgerows appear altered, the wildlife behaves differently, and over time the terrain itself

Killing Kanoko / Wild Grass on the Riverbank (Ito Hiromi)(Paperback / softback)

The Retreat of the State (Strange Susan)(Paperback)

Who is really in charge of the world economy? Not only governments, argues Susan Strange in The Retreat of the State. Big businesses, drug barons, insurers, accountants and international bureaucrats all encroach on the so-called sovereignty of the state. Professor Strange examines the implications

My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life (Cohn Rachel)(Paperback)

I'm here to take you to live with your father. In Tokyo, Japan Happy birthday In the Land of the Rising Sun, where high culture meets high kitsch, and fashion and technology are at the forefront of the First World's future, the foreign-born teen elite attend ICS -- the International Collegiate

Introducing Meteorology: A Guide to the Weather (Shonk Jon)(Paperback)

In many parts of the world the weather forms a daily topic of conversation, In others it hardly changes from one week to the next. However, human life is governed by the weather which affects much of our activity, from farming to fishing and from shopping to holiday-making. Introducing Meteorology

Strange Affair (Robinson Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Strange Affair is Peter Robinson's fifteenth novel in the Inspector Banks series, which inspired the major British ITV drama DCI