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The Puzzle Box

October 8, 2024

puzzle box

What do a traumatic brain injury, the imperial family of Japan, and a puzzle have in common? If you’re Mike Brink, a man whose football injury left him a savant in the world of patterns and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Japan, mystery, thriller

What’s Left of Me is Yours

June 29, 2020

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Sumiko’s mother, Rina, died in a car accident when she was a child. Her parents were divorced, her father not a part of her life, so she went to live with her beloved grandfather. Now, twenty years ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, debut, Japan, literary

Convenience Store Woman: A Novel

June 19, 2020

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Japan is known as having a culture that prizes social conformity and adherence to societal values. In such a country, what would it be like to be a young woman whose nature keeps her from ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, Japan, literary

A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding

December 7, 2015

a dictionary of mutual

  Imagine, if you can, your entire life changing in a flash. Literally, and by ‘flash’ I mean a blinding light the force and magnitude of an atomic bomb. This is what happens to Amaterasu ... Read More...

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The Gods of Heavenly Punishment

January 17, 2014

gods of heavenly punishment

  There are numerous novels about World War II and the events leading up to it but TheThe Gods of Heavenly Punishment: A Novel comes from a perspective not often seen—that of life in Japan in the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, historical fiction, Japan, W.W. Norton, WWII

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