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Norwegian Wood
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In 1987, when Norwegian Wood was first published in Japan, it promptly sold more than 4 million copies and transformed Haruki Murakami into a pop-culture icon. The horrified author fled his native land for Europe and the United States, returning only in 1995, by which time the celebrity spotlight had found some fresher targets. And now he's fina... »
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A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel
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Multiple story lines; multiple characters that maybe aren't. Where am I going? I don't know. What am I going to do when I get there? I don't know. Who am I going with? I don't know. Why am I doing this? I don't know. Will I ever know? Maybe.
Confusion abounds; but that is a good thing. Characters do things we don't understand; and that is ... »
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Battle Royale
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I was simply blown away by this book - I had already seen the movie and read the manga, but reading the original book was another experience unto itself. Takami has taken an incredibly creative premise - an alternate future Japan randomly selects middle school classes to battle it out until only one student survives - and somehow manages to balance 40... »
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Musashi
Great story!! Full of action and wonderful details so you really feel like you are part of the story. My son who does not like to read cannot help but en... »
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Out: A Novel
Very few books actually keep me up past my bed time, but I had to know what was going to happen next in this book filled with twists and turns at every co... »
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Snow Country
Kawabata's novels retain timeless appeal for their lyricism, his aesthetic discourse over beauty, and his characters' inner struggles with human longing. ... »
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The Tale of Genji (Penguin Classics)
"The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu is recognized as the world's first true novel. Written in the late 10th or early 11th century, it is a story of t... »
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