 | 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: £3.59 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: £3.66 Murakami's most metaphysical work
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 | A Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £5.01 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: £7.42 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: £9.03 / Used from: £13.37 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: £6.89 / Used from: £6.10 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: £3.50 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: £3.03 / Used from: £3.34 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: £1.71 Oe's masterpiece!
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