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...
What’s Left of Me is Yours
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...
Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
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...
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
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...
The 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...
