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  • Mistress Oriku

    Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse

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    Series series Tuttle Classics
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  • The Teahouse Fire

    de Ellis Avery ...
    “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong KingstonThe story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color ... Leer más

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  • The Sound of Water

    Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets

    Series series 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 ... Leer más

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  • Water

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    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Counterfeiter and Other Stories

    de Yasushi Inoue ...
    Traducido por Leon Picon ...
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  • Novice to Master

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    de Soko Morinaga ...
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    Everybody loves Novice to Master! As you'll see in the glowing endorsements and reviews included below, this modern spiritual classic has been embraced by readers of all types.In his singularly humorous and biitingly direct way, Zen abbot Soko Morinaga tells the story of his rigorous training at a Japanese Zen temple, his spiritual growth and his interactions with his students and others. Morinaga ... Leer más

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  • Japanese Haiku: The Four Seasons

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  • Eat Sleep Sit

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  • Wild Geese

    de Ogai Mori ...
    Traducido por Sanford Goldstein, Kingo Ochiai ...
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    de R. K. Narayan ...
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