Japanese Literature

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No Longer Human
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translator; Introduction)
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
The Old Capital
The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata, J. Martin Holman (Translator)
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Illustrator), Jay Rubin (Translator), Haruki Murakami (Intr...
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe, E. Dale Saunders (Translator)
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator)
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura, Mark Ealey (Translator)
Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Japanese Gothic Tales
Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Japanese Gothic Tales by Ueda Akinari >> First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque.