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  • On the Bullet Train with Emily Brontë

    Wuthering Heights in Japan

    by Judith Pascoe ...
    While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nearly 100 years after its first formal introduction to the country, the novel continues to engage the imaginations of Japanese novelists, filmmakers, manga artists and others, resulting in numerous translations, adaptations, and dramatizations. On the ... Read more

    $24.65 CAD

  • Modern Japanese Literature

    From 1868 to the Present Day

    Edited by Donald Keene ...
    A collection of plays, essays, poetry, and reportage compiled by "the 20th-century's premier scholar of Japanese literature" ( Slate).Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise ... Read more

    $15.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 候场

    by 李诞 ...
    编辑推荐李诞首部中篇小说,李诞写了一个叫"李诞"的人的故事--从怎么干上脱口秀这行,进入娱乐业;说到专业,婚姻,被限制的自由,蹲在角落的死亡......"这本书是我那张*深的名片。在这名片里,才能看到这人跟名字一点关系都没有的那些部分。"一个迅速扩张的大时代,一个踏入名利场的年轻人,激流勇进浑浑噩噩指东打西,他的证词里全是我们的生命体验--"李诞"的心绪总能在某个层面上触动当代年轻人的神经:正视虚无、善于自嘲、热衷自厌、随时跑路,人活着到底是为什么?"一个过度关注自我,不会爱人怕被爱又渴望爱的人,四处奔逃之时写的书",不正是为我们每个人所写的书?以写话的方式创作小说,用小说的方式书写真实,打破次元、突破文体,一场真正的小说实验--"我喜欢写话,写话有话接",一个被认为*会搞笑的脱口秀演员写出的一部让人笑不出来的小说,率性得可爱,真实到可怕;小说里,在一个即将在现实中发生的演出现场,"李诞 ... Read more

    $7.82 CAD

  • The Gate

    Translated by William F. Sibley ...
    An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational ... Read more

    $16.55 CAD

  • The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

    An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

    by ...
    Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. ... Read more

    $17.72 CAD

  • The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists. It was made in "concertina" or "orihon" style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other, around the peak of the Heian ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China

    The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

    by Lu Xun ...
    Translated by Julia Lovell ...
    Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun's stories both indict outdated Chinese traditions and embrace China's cultural richness and individuality. This volume presents brand-new translations by Julia Lovell of all of Lu Xun's stories, including 'The Real Story of Ah-Q', 'Diary of a Madman', ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Laozi's Dao De Jing

    A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time

    by Laozi, Ken Liu ...
    A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

    Volume One: The Gathering

    by David Tod Roy ...
    Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
    In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

    $47.33 CAD

  • The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. From colonial India to the Grand Banks—illustrated novels, stories, poems, children's classics, and travel

    The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) gathers the breadth of Kipling's fiction, poetry, and journalism, from the imperial fables of The Jungle Book and Kim to the barrack-room ballads, children's tales, and sharply observed sketches of colonial life. Its style ranges from vigorous vernacular speech and rhythmic verse to richly symbolic animal allegory, placing Kipling at the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of Hentai Manga

    by Kimi Rito ...
    While manga is now a well known entity in the global publishing scene, the medium's international success has its roots in the realm of eros. Japanese media critic Kimi Rito dives into the history of manga's erotic world a genre known internationally simply as - hentai. What are the origins of hentai? How has it evolved from the days of ukiyo-e to today's modern comics and animation. Who are the ... Read more

    $9.62 CAD

  • The Ink Dark Moon

    Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

    Series series Vintage Classics
    These translated poems were written by two women of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D.The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

    A new expanded edition of the classic study of translation, finally back in printThe difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty—from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth’s loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, “Eliot Weinberger’s ... Read more

    $12.68 CAD

  • Atsumori

    The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo

    The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude ... Read more

    $3.19 CAD

  • 解愛:重返莊子與詩歌經典,在愛裏獲得重生

    by 蔡璧名 ...
    Series series 美好生活
    後來,我們都忘記:一路追求的,應該是幸福熱銷超過三十萬冊《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》作者蔡璧名最新作品偕同莊子與詩歌一起前行,在濃如酒的愛裏,保有淡如水的心陳文茜(《文茜的世界周報》主持人)/唐綺陽(占星專家)/鄧惠文(榮格分析師、 精神科醫師)/洪仲清(臨床心理師)/盧廣仲(音樂鬼才)/陳綺貞(創作天后)/邢本寧(編劇、本事劇團團長)/簡光明(屏東大學人文社會學院院長)/許悔之(詩人、藝術家、有鹿文化社長)/肆一(作家)/宋怡慧(作家、丹鳳高中圖書館主任)/蔡淇華(作家)————真愛推薦在情愛的路上,任憑自己跟著感覺走。感覺對了,就愛上了,就朝思暮想、無法自拔了。但,愛是什麼?如何追求、如何面對、如何放下?從小到大沒人教懂我們,卻牽引整整一生。作者蔡璧名開設的《莊子》系列課程,在臺大校園裡,總是座無虛席。其實... ... Read more

    $16.09 CAD

  • 走路──獨處的實踐

    by 龍應台 ...
    Series series 龍應台作品集
    龍應台首部圖文創作18****幅親手電腦繪圖 40****則自然思索▎走一條沒走過的路****做一件沒做過的事▕走路,就不會是觥籌交錯的時候。走路,就不會是把心分給他人的時候。走路,就不會是掛在網上、陷入其中的時候。即便是熙攘擁擠的市集,只要是走路,也是我帶著「自己」在熱的喧鬧中以冷靜聽、靜觀、靜思,更何況是行走山中野路,明月照亮青苔,溪水攪動碎星。只要走路,就一定是我的身體和我的「自己」單獨有約。新的一年,無論如何忙碌,每天走路,而且走路時,全神貫注,心無罣礙:1.走一條沒走過的路2.去菜市場,跟十個人說話3.去墳場走走4.在路邊一棵樹下,坐著5.找到沒有光的地方6.了解一種作物7.走進一方田... ... Read more

    $9.84 CAD

  • "The Stone Lion" and Other Chinese Detective Stories: The Wisdom of Lord Bau

    With a little stretch of the imagination, it might be suggested that some Chinese tales from the Sung Dynasty are the precursors of modern detective fiction. Numerous stories in which Lord Bau is the chief protagonist bolster this conjecture. In this collection, translated from Chinese anthologies and retold for the English-speaking audience, Lord Bau is cast in the role of wise judge. Across the ... Read more

    $11.51 CAD

  • 厭世廢文觀止

    英雄豪傑競靠腰,國文課本沒有教

    Series series 歷史系列
    毁人不倦、開卷耍廢!從不為人知的古聖先哲內心小話,到課本沒提的番外話,厭世國文老師帶你看懂古文,看透現世一切愛憎悲歡,更廢出人生新高度!祁立峰/宋怡慧/吳冠宏/敏鎬的黑特事務所/陳茻/陳怡嘉/陳安儀楊子漠/厭世哲學家/歐陽立中/蕭宇辰 一起讀古文耍廢推薦!古文如此厭世,令英雄豪傑競靠腰──你讀的國文課本,才不會這樣教咧!**‧〈燭之武退秦師〉**燭之武沒那麼重要啦,派誰去說都嘛一樣可以勸退秦軍!**‧〈大同與小康〉**孔子想表達的是「沒有雞排(大同)吃,雞塊(小康)也不錯」?**‧〈出師表〉**諸葛亮想對少主劉禪說:「別趁家裡沒大人,自己亂做決定喔。」(乖)**‧〈左忠毅公軼事〉**記錄的是左光斗和史可法師生之間「一段不可告人的故事」。(曖昧滿點)**‧〈... ... Read more

    $9.24 CAD

  • 往事並不如煙(三版)

    by 章詒和 ...
    Series series 新人間
    ◎2004中時開卷年度十大好書、2004聯合報讀書人非文學類年度最佳書獎◎暢銷十萬冊的中國當代文學經典,2006年遭中國當局查禁本書描述大時代一群知識分子的命與運。章詒和是以晚輩的眼光側寫父母的友人──史良、儲安平、張伯駒、康同璧、聶紺弩、羅隆基等人,他在中國大陸「反右」及「文革」的血雨腥風中,整肅、清算、鬥爭的紅潮席捲下,受迫害的、參與迫害的,這些人之間的恩怨情仇與人性的幽微曲折,在她細膩的筆觸、獨特的視角與溫厚的學養,將其風骨刻畫出來,也折射出一個時代的風光雲影。《往事並不如煙》是目前為止刻畫中國上層知識分子如何面對中共政治浪潮,最細緻而生動的一本人物剪影。章詒和筆下的中國上層知識分子,不單單只是專制政權底下無助的政治受害者;他們有理想熱情和天真執著的一面,也有阿附政治權力和追求生活情趣的一面,還有驕傲自滿、虛榮自私、殘忍嫉妒和勢利糊塗的其他面。無論是熱心政治還是淡泊名利,他們是毛澤東 ... Read more

    $13.12 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chinese New Year For Kids

    Chinese Calendar

    Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
    Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $5.66 CAD

  • 控制(十週年暢銷紀念新版)

    GONE GIRL

    從頭開始。坐立難安。『男孩失去女孩』的世紀懸疑經典。 全球累積已突破兩千萬本。《時代雜誌》譽為十年來最佳書籍。驚人的狡猾。同名改編電影創下大衛.芬奇執導作品最佳票房紀錄。宛如神諭。十週年暢銷紀念新版。諮商心理師周慕姿、作家李桐豪──專文推薦以愛為名的尋寶遊戲……怎麼了嗎?七月五日,一個溫暖的夏日早晨,這天是尼克和愛咪‧鄧恩夫婦五週年結婚紀念日。包裝精美的禮物和慶祝計畫都準備好了,尼克聰明、美麗的妻子卻失蹤了。隨著警方展開調查,這位鄰里眼中的模範丈夫竟接二連三地被翻出說謊、欺騙的例證,所有線索都將主要嫌疑犯指向尼克。尼克不尋常地閃躲,讓社會大眾開始懷疑──他到底做了什麼?一段看似平凡的婚姻,卻隱藏著黑暗的祕密。作者吉莉安.弗琳在小說中洋洋灑灑穿插交織丈夫與妻子的內心獨白,以失蹤為核心,縝密營造出令人心裡發毛的氛圍,將讀者捲入夫妻倆複雜的感情世界裡動彈不得 ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD

  • Great Books of China

    From Ancient Times to the Present

    by Frances Wood ...
    Great Books of China invites readers to discover—or rediscover—some of the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. The literature of China remains largely unknown in the West, yet it offers much insight into Chinese life. The long continuity of Chinese culture means that texts created more than two thousand years ago are still part of the education and background of today's China. ... Read more

    $17.09 CAD

  • 傳說裡的心理學1:變形與狐仙

    by 鐘穎 ...
    Series series 身心靈
    ~以榮格心理學觀點解讀東方傳說~搜羅臺灣民間傳說、《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》、《搜神記》,隨女鬼、狐仙、妖怪、神靈,開啟內在整合之旅。★****美國費城天普大學宗教學研究所哲學博士——蔡昌雄專序推薦★收錄東方神怪奇幻繪師SmallGwei插畫【本書特色】◎****第一本以榮格深度心理學、存在心理學角度剖析《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》與臺灣傳說等東方故事的心理學專書。◎****心理學觀點重新詮釋古典文學,中文系學子與鬼狐妖怪愛好者案頭必備。<stron... ... Read more

    $8.90 CAD

  • Cold Mountain Poems

    Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih

    by Han Shan ...
    Translated by J. P. Seaton ...
    Series series Shambhala Library
    The incomparable poetry of Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and his sidekick Shih Te, the rebel poets who became icons of Chinese poetry and Zen, has long captured the imagination of poetry lovers and Zen aficionados. Popularized in the West by Beat Generation writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, these legendary T’ang era (618–907) figures are portrayed as the laughing, ragged pair who left their poetry ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD