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»Ein Meisterwerk, das uns die Welt mit anderen Augen sehen lässt.« THE GUARDIAN

Auf einer Insel geschieht Sonderbares: Immer mehr Dinge verschwinden. Zunächst die Hüte, dann alle Vögel, bald gibt es keine Rosen mehr ... Auch die Erinnerung der Bewohner verblasst - bis auf die einiger weniger, die nichts vergessen können und von der Erinnerungspolizei verfolgt werden. Unter großer Gefahr versteckt eine junge Schriftstellerin ihren Verleger, dem die Festnahme droht. Doch die Razzien der Polizei kommen immer näher. Allein der Abschluss ihres neuen Romans, so...

A tale of twisted love from Yoko Ogawa--author of The Diving Pool and The Housekeeper and the Professor.

In a crumbling seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother tends to the off-season customers. When one night they are forced to expel a middle-aged man and a prostitute from their room, Mari finds herself drawn to the man's voice, in what will become the first gesture of a single long seduction. In spite of her provincial surroundings, and her cool but controlling mother, Mari is a sophisticated observer of...

Elementary Japanese is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the first-year college level or on their own. The author and contributors have created a highly structured approach to learning Japanese based on acquiring the fundamental patterns and constructions of the language as well as the Japanese writing system including the basic Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters.

Each volume of this two-book set is designed for one...

The phenomenon of bankonka - 'postponement of marriage' - is increasingly reported in contemporary Japanese media, clearly illustrating the changing patterns of modern lifestyles and attitudes towards marriage, personal obligation and ambition. This is the first book in recent years to explore the contemporary state of marriage in Japanese society. Setting out the different perceptions and expectations of marriage in today's Japan, the book discusses how economic issues and the family impact on marital behaviour. Contrary to the views of some feminists that young women have no...