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  2. Haruki Murakami - Wikipedia

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    Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949 [1]) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages [2] and having sold millions of copies outside Japan.

  3. No Longer Human - Wikipedia

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    No Longer Human (Japanese: 人間失格, Hepburn: Ningen Shikkaku), also translated as A Shameful Life, is a 1948 novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai.It tells the story of a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who, instead, maintains a façade of hollow jocularity, later turning to a life of alcoholism and drug abuse before his final disappearance.

  4. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is a 2018 English language anthology of Japanese literature edited by American translator Jay Rubin and published by Penguin Classics. With 34 stories, the collection spans centuries of short stories from Japan ranging from the early-twentieth-century works of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Jun'ichirō ...

  5. Osamu Dazai - Wikipedia

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    Dazai Osamu. Shūji Tsushima (津島 修治, Tsushima Shūji, 19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), known by his pen name Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu), was a Japanese novelist and author. [1] A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō) and No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku), are considered modern ...

  6. Kokoro - Wikipedia

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    Kokoro (こゝろ, or in modern kana usage こころ) is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). [1] Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of the acquaintance between a young man and an older man called "Sensei" ("teacher ...

  7. Naomi (novel) - Wikipedia

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    4-10-100501-X (Japanese) ISBN 0-394-53663-0 (English) Naomi (痴人の愛, Chijin no Ai, lit. A Fool's Love) is a novel by Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965). Writing of the novel began in 1924, and from March to June, Osaka's Morning News (大阪朝日新聞, Osaka Asahi Shinbun) published the first several chapters of the serial.

  8. The Tale of Genji - Wikipedia

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    The Tale of Genji. The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]), also known as Genji Monogatari, is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century. The original manuscript no ...

  9. In a Grove - Wikipedia

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    In a Grove (藪の中, Yabu no naka), also translated as In a Bamboo Grove, is a Japanese short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa first published in 1922. [1][2] It was ranked as one of the "10 best Asian novels of all time" by The Telegraph in 2014. [3] In a Grove has been adapted several times, most notably by Akira Kurosawa for his award-winning ...

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