About this deal
From Murakami’s most adored and surreal The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, to Mishima’s disturbing, short and sharp The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea, and the gentle warmth and stunning storytelling of Ogawa’s The Housekeeper and the Professor, this genre-spanning collection celebrates some of the finest fiction from Japan. Grotesque is a masterful and haunting thriller, a chilling exploration of women's secret lives in modern day Japan. 25 x 8 x 1Notes: paperbackRelease Date: January 4, 2005ISBN: 978-1400078370 The good news is you can buy them on The Feminist Bookshop audiobooks page! Format: PaperbackISBN: 9781784875404Publish/Release date: October 3, 2019Publisher: Vintage PublishingNumber of pages: 528Width (mm): 135Height (mm): 190Depth (mm): 38
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
- Out by Natsuo Kirino
- Dimensions 135 x 190 x 38mm | 454g
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Reviews
Tree Hugger
A refreshing premise and a well-structured pace, this is certainly worth a read if your like your Japanese translations. A beautiful cover with stunning end papers, this is a powerful book, but one that starts and indeed remains dark in subject matter throughout.