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Literary Fiction
'A gorgeously entertaining, provocative book' Chicago Tribune It is 4am when the ambulance comes to take the man's wife away - although no-one has called it, and there is nothing wrong with her. As he sets out to find her... See More
Literary Fiction
'A spellbinder from beginning to end, an edgy masterpiece' Chicago Sun Times 'This is the record of a box man'. Anonymous and alone, the box man peeps out of his cut-out eyeholes and watches the world from behind his four... See More
Literary Fiction
In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Ky?z?, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, chases, and capture. Ky?z... See More
Literary Fiction
'A brilliant display of pyrotechnics, a compelling tour de force... by a master jeweller of polished prose' The New York Times A private detective is hired to find a missing person, but nothing is normal about this case... See More
Classics
The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to... See More
Literary Fiction
'One of Japan's most venerated writers' David Mitchell In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, a recluse known as 'Mole' retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests, booby... See More
History & Criticism
Abe Kobo (1924-1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction and plays of the absurd. However, he also wrote theoretical criticism for which he is lesser known... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Una noche, una ambulancia despierta al protagonista y a su esposa con órdenes de trasladar a la mujer al hospital, pese a que ella asegura que está sana. Estupefacto, el hombre no sube al vehículo. Al día siguiente... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Un detective sin nombre es contratado para buscar a alguien que ha desaparecido. Obsesivo, metódico, desconfiado, lleva sus averiguaciones hasta extremos inusitados, analizando cada supuesta prueba hasta reducirla al... See More
eBooks in Foreign Languages
Con ingenio y sutileza Abe combina las exploraciones temáticas de la ficción científica y los recursos expresivos de la narrativa policial para generar situaciones tan absurdas como misteriosas. Empleados, suicidas... See More
Literary Fiction
In den Sanddünen vor einem abgelegenen Dorf frönt Niki Jumpei seiner einzigen Leidenschaft: der Suche nach unentdeckten Insektenarten. Als die Nacht hereinbricht, bieten ihm die Dorfbewohner ein Nachtquartier an - sie... See More