Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi KawakamiRequirements: .ePUB readers, RetailOverview: From one of Japan’s most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our understanding of reproduction, ecology, evolution, artificial intelligence, communal life, creation, love, and the future of humanity In […]
The Third Love by Hiromi KawakamiRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 880KB | RetailOverview: Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, by chance, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the […]
Record of a Night too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami Requirements: .ePUB reader, 2.0 MbOverview: Akutagawa Prize-winning stories about unsettling loss and romance from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary writers—for fans of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and […]
The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (Translator), Cindy Kay (Narrator)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 141.9MB Overview: Best-selling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami (The Nakano Thrift Shop) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of 10 remarkable women who have loved him. Each woman has succumbed, even if only […]
Strange Weather In Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiRequirements: .ePUB reader, 503kbOverview: Tsukiko, thirty–eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei," in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" ("Teacher"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a […]