The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas... Zobraziť viac
Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948... Zobraziť viac
The much-beloved and most widely read of Mertons works, "New Seeds of Contemplation" covers a diverse range of subjects including faith, spiritual wonder, "the night of the senses," and renunciation... Zobraziť viac
The things I've learned from taxi drivers would be enough to fill a book... Zobraziť viac
"That woman who killed the fish unfortunately is me," begins the title story, but "if it were my fault, I'd own up to you, since I don't lie to boys and girls... Zobraziť viac
A certain writer ("past sixty, enjoying 'a certain renown'") strolls through the old book market in a Buenos Aires park... Zobraziť viac
Maman was exigeante-there is no English word-and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate... Zobraziť viac
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956... Zobraziť viac
Early Light offers three very different aspects of Osamu Dazai's genius: the title story relates his misadventures as a drinker and a family man in the terrible fire bombings of Tokyo at the end of WWII... Zobraziť viac
New York Times Notable Book 2018 Romain Gary’s bittersweet final masterpiece, a novel of courage and resistance―never before in English The Kites begins with a young boy, Ludo, coming of age on a small farm in Normandy under the care of his eccentric... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a masterful novel about loss and memory in the aftermath of a horrifying ecological disaster In the summer of 2020, as Europe is beginning to open back up after the first phase of the pandemic, a young Japanese woman ... Zobraziť viac
In 1953 Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded the first paperback bookstore in the United States. In over five decades City Lights, the bookstore and publisher, has become a Mecca for millions. Ferlinghetti s A Coney Island of the Mind (ND, 1958) ... Zobraziť viac
In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years. Some writers attempt to conceal the literary influences which have shaped their thinking but not Henry Miller. Zobraziť viac
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai’s best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best―and worst... Zobraziť viac
The always astonishing Yoko Tawada here takes a walk on the supernatural side of the street... Zobraziť viac
No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we’re adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and laughable, but how are we to get through the long, hateful period until then? No one bothers to teach us that.... Zobraziť viac
The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's "Into the Night Life" and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950's-as if they were, taken together, a kind of... Zobraziť viac
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A Leopard-Skin Hat may be the French writer Anne Serre’s most moving novel yet. Hailed in Le Point as a “masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance,” it is the story of an intense friendship between... Zobraziť viac
The Illustrious House of Ramires, presented here in a sparkling new translation by Margaret Jull Costa, is the favorite novel of many Eça de Queirós aficionados. This late masterpiece, wickedly funny and yet profoundly tender, centers on... Zobraziť viac
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanatorium where Yozo Oba-the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age-is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses Zobraziť viac
