 | Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.50 first part of Mishima's sea of fertility series, brilliant and super intense book, gives a good view of turn-of the century Japan. Beautifully written!
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 | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.97 Murakami's masterpiece, as with most murakami books it keeps you puzzled for years to come
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 | The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.48 Murakami's most metaphysical work
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 | A Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Buy new: £3.18 / Used from: £3.36 My favourite Kawabata, beautifully written showing the clash between classic japanese and westernised culture
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 | Runaway Horses (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.44 second part of Mishima's sea of fertility, gives a interesting insight in the turmoils of pre-worldwar II Japan
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 | The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Yasunari Kawabata
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £10.87 rewriting of a classic japanese folk-tale by Kawabata, with beautiful illustrations by Masayuki Miyata
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 | I am a Cat (Tuttle classics) by Soseki Natsume
Buy new: £7.31 / Used from: £4.76 The ultimate book for cat-lovers who also like Japanese culture :)
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 | Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.84 Hyper-realistic novel for modern day Japan with of course the scary Murakami moments, like a David Lynch movie!
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 | The Decay of the Angel (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £2.25 sad final part of the Sea of Fertility, interesting insights into buddhism
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 | The Silent Cry (Five Star) by Kenzaburo Oe
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.69 Oe's masterpiece!
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