Category: Fiction

E-Book Deal—Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami

May 24, 2021
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Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, “Strange Weather in Tokyo” is a story of loneliness and love that defies age.

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Limited time only deal for US$1.99 (on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books) See Where to Buy links to the left. Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age. Book Description: Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living More…

Review—First Person Singular, by Haruki Murakami

May 12, 2021
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It is that so-called “insignificant encounter” that Murakami focuses on to develop beautiful short stories.

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It is that so-called “insignificant encounter” that Murakami focuses on to develop beautiful short stories.

Excerpt—Tokyo Stranger (from When a Stranger Comes to Town)

April 23, 2021

Includes the story “Tokyo Stranger” by Tina deBellegarde

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Mystery Writers of America’s story collection When a Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta was just released (April 21, 2021)! Thanks to Hanover Square Press and Tina deBellegarde for giving BOA permission to run the following story from the anthology. It’s been said that all great literature boils down to one of two More…

Review—Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures (Speculative Fiction)

April 16, 2021
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Twenty-four stories in a collection of climate fiction that seek to imagine what cities might look like in a future of multi-species co-existence and green justice.

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Review by Leanne Ogasawara Set primarily in the Asia-Pacific, the twenty-four stories of this new collection of climate fiction seek to imagine what cities might look like in a future of multi-species co-existence and green justice. Firmly planted in the new genre of solarpunk, the stories are filled with a polyphony of voices—some non-human and More…

Review—Earthlings: A Novel

April 12, 2021

Opens as a coming-of-age story, evolves into psychological suspense, and settles into dark fantasy and horror.

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Grove Press (October 8, 2020) Review by Tina deBellegarde Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (transl. Ginny Tapley Takemori) is a unique literary experience, one that is impossible to pigeonhole into any specific genre. It opens as a coming-of-age story, evolves into psychological suspense, and settles into dark fantasy and horror. As she did in Convenience Store More…

Review—Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro

April 6, 2021
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Kazuo’s trademark estrangement paradoxically brings his characters closer to us.

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A Tale of Two Ishiguros Review by Cody Poulton Once upon a time there were two men who shared the same surname and an interest in robots. One of them, Kazuo, left Japan and became a little Englishman, but he always felt like an outsider, which is a good thing for a writer, which is More…

Susan K Burton Interviews Nick Bradley about ‘The Cat and The City’

February 5, 2021
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Nick Bradley masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate threads to conjure up a vivid tapestry of Tokyo; its glory, its shame, its characters, and a calico cat. -—David Peace

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Interview by Susan Karen Burton I first encountered Nick Bradley in the University of East Anglia campus pub in 2015. We were both studying creative writing and a lecturer had suggested we meet because our area of interest—Japan—was, he stated, somewhat specialized. It was felt that we could use each other’s support. He was right. More…

Limited Time Deal: Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood $2.99/250yen

September 6, 2020

The novel that catapulted Murakami to superstardom in 1987.

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Sorry, you missed this deal! This is an e-book only deal on iBooks and Amazon and will last only 24hrs, so grab it now by clicking the green “More info” button on the left. Norwegian Wood ノルウェイの森 (Noruwei no Mori) First published in Japanese in 1987. Translated into English by Alfred Brinbaum in 1989, then More…