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Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels...

"Rewards are plentiful."- Financial Times "A must-read for Murakami fans."- Hotlist Set in the early hours of the morning in and around Tokyo, this ingeniously constructed English language debut is an energetic fresco of nocturnal existence. Hailed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627204262Author Krishma Tuli AroraFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Loyola College/Apprentice HousePublisher Loyola College/Apprentice...

The new novel from the award-winning translator of Sweet Bean Paste Winner of the Naoki Prize Winner of the Society of Authors Sasakawa Foundation Prize Perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and Before the Coffee Gets Cold 'It's no wonder the author won the...

Of the twelve short stories appearing in Ha Noi at Midnight, ten are appearing in English for the first time. Bringing to life the full range of Bao Ninh's inventive and poetic language, Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran are granting to English readers Bao...

Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, The Railway introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence, the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father...

The metro shudders to a halt: an unattended bag has been found, and terrorism is suspected. For the narrator, a young Vietnamese woman teaching English in the Parisian suburbs, time stops. Her son falls asleep on her shoulder and a long interior...

WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD "An uncompromising, unsentimental, slyly humorous novel." IRISH TIMES "A haunting drama of a Taiwanese family's efforts to rise out of poverty." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Keith Chen, the desperately yearned for...

Winner of the Naoki Prize Perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and Before the Coffee Gets Cold 'It's no wonder the author won the prestigious Naoki Prize for this novel, which is at times heartwarming and suspenseful, detailing true resilience and survival...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374519971Author Marguerite YourcenarFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

A dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman - whoever you are, wherever you are, and whenever it is in history and time. In today's Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641294355Author Colin CotterillFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

A gripping story of sibling loyalty in the last days of medieval Japan. The first novel in a trilogy from the iconic Assassin's Creed universe. Japan, 1868. The Boshin War is about to break out. The Templars have infiltrated the Emperor's closest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953861665Author Siamak HerawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513208923Author Natsume SsekiFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641295307Author Colin CotterillFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

An absorbing, joyous, and colorful collection of stories from the qissa genre. Fabulous Machinery for the Curious presents the first English translation of some of the finest texts from the qissa genre. In this book, acclaimed translator Musharraf Ali...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143454397Author BuddhisagarFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Penguin Random House IndiaPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm *...

An emotive love story written by Tew Bunnag. Set in recent times, pre-pandemic, an ageing privileged writer, blocked and disillusioned, meets Yai Li, a healer from the slums, herself suffering from past trauma, and together they begin the gradual process...

A brilliant new translation of the short improvisational fiction and memoirs of Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature.This captivating translation assembles two volumes by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature and one of East Asia's...

WINNER OF THE 2023 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE An abandoned package is discovered in the Paris Metro: the subway workers suspect it's a terrorist bomb. A Vietnamese woman sitting nearby, her son asleep on her shoulder, waits and begins to reflect...

About Dennis Washburn's translation "Washburn's version of Murasaki Shikibu's masterpiece is lucid and engaging, irresistibly drawing the reader further and further into the story and the exquisite world it creates for us of Japan's Heian court. A fresh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641294119Author Gina ApostolFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513209210Author Zolio GalangFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint EditionsWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732463615Author Brad GoodFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Jack Gold PublishingPublisher Jack Gold PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781961619326Author Atanu Das GuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Hemingway PublishersPublisher Hemingway PublishersWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358729429Author Aijaz UbaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805450047Author Ahmad Kamal HashamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783499319358Author Haqqani QasmiFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Urdu Kitab GherPublisher Urdu Kitab GherWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732463608Author Brad GoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jack Gold PublishingPublisher Jack Gold PublishingWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358729672Author Aijaz UbaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788835812418Author Quratul Ain HaiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Urdu Kitab GherPublisher Urdu Kitab GherWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788196168728Author Rachapalem Chandra Sekhara ReddyFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Kasturi VijayamPublisher Kasturi VijayamWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783063662019Author Ameen Uddin MohdFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Urdu Kitab GherPublisher Urdu Kitab GherWeight(grams) 422g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487811648Author Yimin DangFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789266818871Author Khawaja AshrafFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Urdu Kitab GherPublisher Urdu Kitab GherWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358729337Author Akhtar SheeraniFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958652046Author Daryl Qilin YamFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Gaudy Boy, LLCPublisher Gaudy Boy, LLCWeight(grams) 617gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356996076Author Huma S. QureshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 203mm * 152mm * 20mm

Sanshiro (1908) is a novel by Natsume Soseki. Inspired by the author's experience as a student from the countryside who moved to Tokyo, Sanshiro is a story of family, growth, and identity that captures the isolation and humor of adjusting to life on...