UK: Penguin Classics, 2019. Paul Murray (ed. and intro.). First Penguin Classics Edition. Third Printing. Paperback. Brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan, by the Irish writer and Japanophile Lafcadio Hearn—whose life inspired bestselling writer Monique Truong’s novel The Sweetest Fruits In this collection..... More
UK: Penguin Books, 2019. Haruki Murakami (introduction). First Penguin Classics Edition. Fifth Printing. Paperback. A major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, author of Killing Commendatore This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the art..... More
New South Wales: (Self-published), 2019. Don Mak (cover illustration). Volume 5, Number 1. Loose-bound. Mekong Review is a literary magazine from Southeast Asia. Every quarter, it publishes book reviews, essays, interviews, profiles, poetry and fiction from Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Philippines and beyond. Our..... More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Cover art: The dreaded Japanese Kempei (Military Police) patrolling Zhabei by Xiao Jianqing. Between August 1937 and December 1941, when the Chinese sectors of Shanghai were occupied by the Japanese, terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret..... More
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2019. First US Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. A delightful bestseller when first published in Japan, this charming illustrated book takes readers inside the magical realm of books, libraries, and bookstores. At The I Wonder Bookstore, customers come in and ask the owner countless variations on..... More
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