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Mistress Oriku

Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse

av Matsutaro Kawaguchi ...

Oversatt av Royall Tyler ...

Serie serien Tuttle Classics
"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superb-crisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."-BooklistSensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, ... Les mer

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"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superb-crisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."-BooklistSensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative,
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av Anjali Joseph ...

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Serie serien Shambhala Centaur Editions
Over 200 of the best haiku poems from Japanese literature, translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators and now in one giftable volumeThe haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from ... Les mer

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av Bapsi Sidhwa ...

An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by "a writer of enormous talent" ( Newsday).Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to ... Les mer

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av Yasushi Inoue ...

Oversatt av Leon Picon ...

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av Basho, Buson ...

Serie Bok 2 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Les mer

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Kitchen

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av Kaoru Nonomura ...

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av Ogai Mori ...

Oversatt av Sanford Goldstein, Kingo Ochiai ...

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Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith

av R. K. Narayan ...

Serie serien Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
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av Robert Aitken ...

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av Anand Nair ...

Indu is eight years old and is in her 'why' phase. The year is 1942 and there is a war somewhere, which is causing a lot of problems even in the little coastal town, Thalassery, where Indu lives. But no one will tell her why her father was taken away by the police.'Because he is a freedom-fighter,' says Ammamma, her aunt, who is in charge of the all-female household. 'What's that?' asks Indu. 'Is ... Les mer

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