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Botchanby Umeji Saski, J. CohnISBN 4770021224 (4-7700-2122-4)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Botchan: Master Darlingby Soseki Natsume, J. CohnISBN 4770030487 (4-7700-3048-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Candidate For Goddess 5by Yukiru SugisakiISBN 1591827477 (1-59182-747-7)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candidate For Goddess 5'Book summary:After logging many hours of demanding physical training, Zero and his classmates finally get to test their piloting skills. Enter Kizna Towry, Zero's new partner, who is charged with maintaining and repairing Zero's Pro-Ings. Kizna is also a bit sensitive, and Zero doesn't help matters when he makes a comment about her feline ears. Can the unlikely duo save mankind in the middle of a dog-eat-dog world? [via]
Clamp School Defenders Duklyon: Clamp School Defendersby Clamp, Jamie S. Rich, Ray YoshimotoISBN 1591823013 (1-59182-301-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Clamp School Detectivesby ClampISBN 1591822955 (1-59182-295-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chroniclesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta Fuentes, Jun'ichi MatsuuraISBN 8483101718 (84-8310-171-8)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles'Book summary:Tooru Okada, un joven japonés que acaba de dejar voluntariamente su trabajo en un bufete de abogados, recibe un buen día la llamada anónima de una mujer. A partir de ese momento la vida de Tooru, que había transcurrido por los cauces de la más absoluta normalidad, empieza a sufrir una extraña transformación. A su alrededor van apareciendo personajes cada vez más extraños, y la realidad, o lo real, va degradándose hasta convertirse en algo fantasmagórico.
The masterpiece of Japanese cult writer Haruki Murakami, the story of Tooru Okada, a young lawyer whose life begins to undergo a bizarre transformation. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle presents a collection of characters as surprising as they are real. [via]More editions of Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles:
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Dance, Dance, Danceby Haruki Murakami, Alfred BirnbaumISBN 4770016832 (4-7700-1683-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dance, Dance, Dance'Book summary:He burst upon the international scene with the wildly acclaimed A Wild Sheep Chase. He quickly came to represent the quirky voice of a new generation of Japanese writers. Now Haruki Murakami gives us his wittiest, boldest, most daring work to date. Dance dance dance continues the extraordinary adventure of an ordinary man. At thirty something, Murakami's nameless hero lives in a hi-tech, high-rise world where old virtues die fast and success is all that matters. He has shared in the glittering city's spoils, and while he has not sold his soul, he knows that something is lacking in his life. Now, in dreams, a mysterious woman weeps softly - for him. Yet, even as he tries to understand why, the voice that beckons is not hers. And still he dreams. Bizarre dreams that propel him down byways of his life in search of ... ? His is a strange odyssey: en route, a thirteen-year-old girl, distressingly beautiful and clairvoyant, is his constant companion; a classmate, now oozing charm on TV soaps, grapples with murder; a lady of the night becomes his guardian angel; and an eccentric Sheep Man materializes to counsel and cajole. What's a fellow to do? Dance. You gotta dance as long as the music plays. And dance is what our hero does ... in the most unexpected ways! [via]
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Dragon Knights 3by Mineko Ohkami, Stephanie Sheh, Yuki NakamuraISBN 1591824419 (1-59182-441-9)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Fake 2by Stuart Hazleton, Nan RymerISBN 1591823269 (1-59182-326-9)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fake 2'Book summary:Ryo and Dee, two of New York City's finest, are called in to investigate the activities of some two bit street punk. The operation goes south rather quickly when Dee is kidnapped and Ryo must put all of his skill and training to the test to get his partner back in one piece. Their partnership is on the line as electrified emotions raise questions within them that are hard to ignore. [via]
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Fake 3by Sanami MatohISBN 1591823285 (1-59182-328-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fake 3'Book summary:Meet Ryo and Dee, two New York City cops with an attraction for action-- and each other! In this, the final volume of the series, events heat up on the streets...and between the sheets! The two cops are assigned to serve as bodyguards for a mob-boss's daughter...who is married to the man that killed Ryo's parents! As tensions mount, will Ryo and Dee finally admit their love and devotion to each other? Or will they forever sing the NYPD blues? [via]
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Flcl 1by Gainax, Ueda HajimeISBN 1595328866 (1-59532-886-6)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flcl 1'Book summary:Naota is a lonely boy in a lonely town living a lonely life amidst utter chaos. His father's a perv, his grandfather a nut, his brother ran off to seek riches in America, and his brother's dumb ex-girlfriend won't leave him alone. Now from beyond the stars drops an impish defender sent forth to stop alien robots from destroying the Earth. Where do the alien robots come from? Well, from Naota's forehead for starters. From the twisted mind that brought us End of Evangelion comes this bizarre tale of adolescence in a world gone mad. [via]
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FLCL 2by Roy Yoshimoto, Stephanie Sheh, GainaxISBN 1591823978 (1-59182-397-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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FLCL 2by Stephanie Sheh, Gainax, Ueda HajimeISBN 159182396X (1-59182-396-X)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Gravitation 2by Jamie S. Rich, Ray YoshimotoISBN 1591823331 (1-59182-333-1)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gravitation 2'Book summary:*A New Cult Classic *A romantic comedy/drama about making it in the music industry *Spawned a ton of collectibles in Japan; Soundtracks, pencil boards, calendars, phone cards, postcards, artbooks *Gravitation anime available on DVD *A forerunner in the hugely popular Shonen-Ai (boy love) category
Just when Shuichi Shindou's rock star dreams seem to be coming together, everything falls apart. His gifted guitarist Hiro quits the band, the new manager wants to take Shuichi off the keyboards, and Shuichi finds himself constantly berated by their producer. The one person he can fall back on is his biggest critic, the cynical and abrasive Yuki. But in love, as with music, the more serious things become the greater the pressure ... gravitation takes its toll. [via]
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Gravitation 4by Maki Murakami, Jamie S. Rich, Ray YoshimotoISBN 1591823374 (1-59182-337-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Gravitation 4by Jamie S. Rich, Maki MurakamiISBN 1595324143 (1-59532-414-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 1: Limited Collector's Edtionby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1931514933 (1-931514-93-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 11: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591821355 (1-59182-135-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 12: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591821363 (1-59182-136-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 13: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591821371 (1-59182-137-1)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 14: Great Teacher Onizukaby Dan Papia, Tohru FujisawaISBN 159182138X (1-59182-138-X)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 25: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1931514968 (1-931514-96-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 5: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591820294 (1-59182-029-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'GTO 5: Great Teacher Onizuka'Book summary:Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old virgin and ex-biker. Hes crude, foul-mouthed, and has a split second temper. His goal: to be the Greatest High School Teacher in the World! [via]
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GTO 6: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591820308 (1-59182-030-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 7: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591820316 (1-59182-031-6)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 8: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591820324 (1-59182-032-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO 9: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591820707 (1-59182-070-7)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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GTO: Great Teacher Onizukaby Tohru FujisawaISBN 1591821061 (1-59182-106-1)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldby Haruki Murakami, Alfred BirnbaumISBN 0679743464 (0-679-74346-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'Book summary:By the author of "A Wild Sheep Chase", which won the Noma Literary Award for New Writers, this novel combines science-fiction, satire and a warning of the dangerous powers of corporations. [via]
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Kangaroo Notebookby Kobo Abe, Maryellen Toman MoriISBN 0679746633 (0-679-74663-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kangaroo Notebook : A Novel'Book summary:In the last novel written before his death in 1993, one of Japan's most distinguished novelists proffered a surreal vision of Japanese society that manages to be simultaneously fearful and jarringly funny. The narrator of Kangaroo Notebook wakes on morning to discover that his legs are growing radish sprouts, an ailment that repulses his doctor but provides the patient with the unusual ability to snack on himself. In short order, Kobo Abe's unraveling protagonist finds himself hurtling in a hospital bed to the very shores of hell. Abe has assembled a cast of oddities into a coherent novel, one imbued with unexpected meaning. Translated from the Japanese by Maryellen Toman Mori.
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Kitchenby Banana YoshimotoISBN 8472233863 (84-7223-386-3)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Musashiby Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles Sanford TerryISBN 4770019572 (4-7700-1957-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Musashi'Book summary:The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai-without really knowing what it meant-he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill-until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk.
The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. When he is set free again, he rejects the position of samurai and for the next several years pursues his goal relentlessly, looking neither to left nor to right.
Ever so slowly it dawns on him that following the Way of the Sword is not simply a matter of finding a target for his brute strength. Continually striving to perfect his technique, which leads him to a unique style of fighting with two swords simultaneously, he travels far and wide, challenging fighters of many disciplines, taking nature to be his ultimate and severest teacher and undergoing the rigorous training of those who follow the Way. He is supremely successful in his encounters, but in the Art of War he perceives the way of peaceful and prosperous governance and disciplines himself to be a real human being.
He becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and been touched by. And, inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely. Full of gusto and humor, it has an epic quality and universal appeal.
The novel was made into a three-part movie by Director Hiroshi Inagai. For more information, visit the Shopping area. [via]More editions of Musashi:
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Noruwei No Moriby Haruki MurakamiISBN 4062035162 (4-06-203516-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Noruwei No Mori'Book summary:Noruwei no mori, Vol. 2 (Japanese Edition) by Murakami, Haruki [via]
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Norwegian Woodby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860468004 (1-86046-800-4)
Softcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norwegian Wood'Book summary:In 1987, when Norwegian Wood was first published in Japan, it promptly sold more than 4 million copies and transformed Haruki Murakami into a pop-culture icon. The horrified author fled his native land for Europe and the United States, returning only in 1995, by which time the celebrity spotlight had found some fresher targets. And now he's finally authorized a translation for the English-speaking audience, turning to the estimable Jay Rubin, who did a fine job with his big-canvas production The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Readers of Murakami's later work will discover an affecting if atypical novel, and while the author himself has denied the book's autobiographical import--"If I had simply written the literal truth of my own life, the novel would have been no more than fifteen pages long"--it's hard not to read as at least a partial portrait of the artist as a young man.
Norwegian Wood is a simple coming-of-age tale, primarily set in 1969-70, when the author was attending university. The political upheavals and student strikes of the period form the novel's backdrop. But the focus here is the young Watanabe's love affairs, and the pain and pleasure and attendant losses of growing up. The collapse of a romance (and this is one among many!) leaves him in a metaphysical shambles:
I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes. I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. Like the wind passing over my body, it had neither shape nor weight, nor could I wrap myself in it.
This account of a young man's sentimental education sometimes reads like a cross between Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women. It is less complex and perhaps ultimately less satisfying than Murakami's other, more allegorical work. Still, Norwegian Wood captures the huge expectation of youth--and of this particular time in history--for the future and for the place of love in it. It is also a work saturated with sadness, an emotion that can sometimes cripple a novel but which here merely underscores its youthful poignancy. --Mark Thwaite [via] -
Rashomon y Otros Cuentosby Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Mirta Kikuchi, Hector MoranISBN 9879186648 (987-9186-64-8)
Softcover, Need, Negocios Editoriales de Lingenti Marinal
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Ringby Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne WalleyISBN 1932234411 (1-932234-41-1)
Softcover, Vertical Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ring'Book summary:A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.
Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.
The success of Koji Suzuki's novel the Ring has lead to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. [via] 
The Ruined Mapby Kobo Abe, E. Dale SaundersISBN 4770016352 (4-7700-1635-2)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860465943 (1-86046-594-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South of the Border, West of the Sun'Book summary:In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:
When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
Murakami eschews the fantastic elements that appear in many of his other novels and stories, and readers hoping for a glimpse of the Sheep Man will be disappointed. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. It is above all a complex, moving, and honest meditation on the nature of love, distilled into a work with the crystal clarity of a short story. A Nat "King" Cole song, a figure on a crowded street, a face pressed against a car window, a handful of ashes drifting down a river to the sea are woven together into a story that refuses to arrive at a simple conclusion. The classic love triangle may seem like a hackneyed theme for a writer as talented as Murakami, but in his quietly dazzling way, he bends us to his own unique geometry. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of South of the Border, West of the Sun:
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Suikoden III 8by Aki Shimizu, ALAN SWAYZEISBN 1591827671 (1-59182-767-1)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suikoden III 8'Book summary:Chris Lightfellow knows the horror of war-her father succumbed in the flames of battle when she was just a little girl. Now, wanting to become a soldier like him, she enters a military school and becomes a knight after graduating. When her commanding officer is killed in the line of duty, Chris shows her fellow knights her true strength-in every war, a hero must rise out of the destructive ashes to usher in the peace! [via]
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Suikoden III: Successor of Fateby Shimizu Aki, ALAN SWAYZEISBN 1591827655 (1-59182-765-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suikoden III: Successor of Fate'Book summary:Chris Lightfellow knows the horror of war-her father succumbed in the flames of battle when she was just a little girl. Now, wanting to become a soldier like him, she enters a military school and becomes a knight after graduating. When her commanding officer is killed in the line of duty, Chris shows her fellow knights her true strength-in every war, a hero must rise out of the destructive ashes to usher in the peace! [via]
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Tale of Genjiby Donald Keene, Murasaki Shikubu, Masayuki Miyata, H. MacK Horton, Setouchi JakuchoISBN 4770027729 (4-7700-2772-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tale of Genji'Book summary:A lushly illustrated edition of a world classic
The third in this series of illustrated Japanese classics, The Tale of Genji again combines Miyata's captivating paper cut-outs with a modern retelling of a vintage story. This well-known tale of the amorous adventures of Prince Genji is widely considered world literature's first novel, and with its precise and poetic prose, it is also considered one of its finest.
Written with precision by a lady of the Japanese court, Genji's Don Juan-like clandestine rendezvous with lovers in their perfumed boudoirs or on mossy moonlit garden paths, continues to intrigue lovers of literature. What sets Genji apart from the typically carefree playboy is the intensity of his emotional attachment for each of his lovers. Long after an affair has ended, Genji continues to cherish the encounter. His is an age-old tale, as well as a poignant and brilliant portrait of Japan's ancient court life. [via]More editions of Tale of Genji:
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Tokyo Babylonby ClampISBN 1591828724 (1-59182-872-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tokyo Babylon'Book summary:Graphic Novel. TokyoPop. [via]
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Softcover, Tokyopop - Tokyo Babylon: ISBN 1595320504 (1-59532-050-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop - Tokyo Babylon: ISBN 1595320512 (1-59532-051-2)
Softcover, Tokyopop - Tokyo Babylon: ISBN 1591828724 (1-59182-872-4)
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- Tokyo Babylon: ISBN 1591828732 (1-59182-873-2)
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Tokyo Babylonby Carol Fox, Clamp, Mokona Apapa, Ray Yoshimoto, Nanase OkawaISBN 1591828716 (1-59182-871-6)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tokyo Babylon'Book summary:Tokyo Babylon is a modern-day fantasy that follows Subaru Sumeragi, a young onmyouji (spiritual medium) on his quest to protect Tokyo from the evil spirits that have secretly taken residence in the city. Subaru is the 13th head of the Sumeragi clan, and together with his twin sister Hokuto and the mysterious veterinarian Seishirou, they risk life and limb as they hunt down the ghosts that threaten to destroy the city. Combining CLAMP's legendary storytelling and artwork, this introspective, character-driven series is a perfect dose of imaginative intrigue and mind-blowing adventure. [via]
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Tokyo Babylon 5by Tohru FujisawaISBN 1595320490 (1-59532-049-0)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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A Wild Sheep Chaseby Haruki Murakami, Alfred T. BirnbaumISBN 0870119052 (0-87011-905-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wild Sheep Chase'Book summary:Murakami has crafted a taut and suspenseful novel that is equal parts detective story, fantasy, and Kafkaesque allegory. In a Japan of the imagination, an advertising executive is sent on a harrowing journey in pursuit of a mythical sheep reported to embody an irresistible will to absolute power. [via]
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A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Editionby Alfred Birnbaum, Haruki MurakamiISBN 037571894X (0-375-71894-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Edition'Book summary:A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakamis international reputation.
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance companys advertisement. What he doesnt realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our hero from the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. [via]More editions of A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Edition:
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860464696 (1-86046-469-6)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'Book summary:Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.
Haruki Murakami is a master of subtly disturbing prose. Mundane events throb with menace, while the bizarre is accepted without comment. Meaning always seems to be just out of reach, for the reader as well as for the characters, yet one is drawn inexorably into a mystery that may have no solution. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an extended meditation on themes that appear throughout Murakami's earlier work. The tropes of popular culture, movies, music, detective stories, combine to create a work that explores both the surface and the hidden depths of Japanese society at the end of the 20th century.
If it were possible to isolate one theme in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, that theme would be responsibility. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China keep rising to the surface like a repressed memory, and Toru Okada himself is compelled by events to take responsibility for his actions and struggle with his essentially passive nature. If Toru is supposed to be a Japanese Everyman, steeped as he is in Western popular culture and ignorant of the secret history of his own nation, this novel paints a bleak picture. Like the winding up of the titular bird, Murakami slowly twists the gossamer threads of his story into something of considerable weight. --Simon Leake [via]
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The Woman in the Dunesby Kobo AbeISBN 0679733787 (0-679-73378-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in the Dunes'Book summary:This beautiful novel by one of Japan's most important writers is also one of the most strangely terrifying and memorable books you'll ever read. The Woman in the Dunes is the story of an amateur entomologist who wanders alone into a remote seaside village in pursuit of a rare beetle he wants to add to his collection. But the townspeople take him prisoner. They lower him into the sand-pit home of a young widow, a pariah in the poor community, who the villagers have condemned to a life of shoveling back the ever-encroaching dunes that threaten to bury the town. An amazing book. [via]
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X - Zero: Illustrated Collectionby ClampISBN 4048531689 (4-04-853168-9)
Hardcover, Digital Manga Inc
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Al Sur De La Frontera, Al Oeste Del Sol / South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes PortaISBN 8483102501 (84-8310-250-1)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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The Ringby Koji SuzukiISBN 8439710356 (84-397-1035-6)
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Tokio Bluesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta FuentesISBN 8483103079 (84-8310-307-9)
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Vida De Una Geisha: La Verdadera Historiaby Mineko IwasakiISBN 8466608753 (84-666-0875-3)
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