Thursday, January 24, 2008

Reading Japan: TBR List

This is a list of the books either by Japanese authors or about Japan that are currently residing in my TBR piles. I'll add to the list as I acquire more, and remove them as I read them. A link to this list is available in the sidebar as part of my Reading Japan Project. Books that I've read since starting this blog, are in my Reading Japan: Book List, also available by clicking on the Reading Japan tab. Clicking on the title will take you to Amazon.

JAPANESE AUTHORS
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke - Rashomon
Kawabata, Yasunari - Thousand Cranes
Kawabata, Yasunari - Beauty and Sadness
Mishima, Yukio - Spring Snow
Mishima, Yukio - The Sound of Waves
Miyamoto, Teru - Kinshu: Autumn Brocade
Murakami, Haruki - Hear the Wind Sing
Murakami, Haruki - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Oe, Kenzaburo - The Silent Cry
Ogawa, Yoko - The Diving Pool
Okakura, Kakuzo - The Book of Tea
Shikibu, Murasaki - The Tale of Genji
Soseki, Natsume - I am a Cat
Sugawara Takasue no Musume (aka Lady Sarashina) - As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Taniguchi, Yuko - The Ocean in the Closet
Tanizaki, Junichiro - The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot
Tanizaki, Junichiro - Quicksand
Tsuboi, Sakae - Twenty-four Eyes
Yamamoto, Shugoro - The Flower Mat
Yoshimoto, Banana - Goodbye Tsugumi
Yoshimura, Akira - Shipwrecks
various - A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (hyaku-nin-isshiu)

AUTHORS WITH JAPANESE ANCESTRY
Goto, Hiromi (Canadian) - Chorus of Mushrooms
Ishiguro, Kazuo (British) - A Pale View of Hills
Ishiguro, Kazuo (British) - An Artist of the Floating World
Otsuka, Julie (American) - When the Emperor Was Divine
Shimoda, Todd (American) - The Fourth Treasure
Uchida, Yoshiko (American) - Picture Bride

NON-JAPANESE AUTHORS (ABOUT/SET IN JAPAN)
Dalby, Liza - The Tale of Murasaki
Dower, John - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (NF)
Govier, Katherine - Three Views of Crystal Water
Hearn, Lian - Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori)
Hearn, Lian - The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Tales of the Otori)
Iyer, Pico - The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
Jones, Susanna - The Earthquake Bird
Lowitz, Leza - Green Tea to Go: Stories From Tokyo
McInerney, Jay - Ransom
Milton, Giles - Samurai William
Mitchell, David - number9dream
Oliva, Peter - The City of Yes
Pagnamenta, Peter & Momoko Williams - Falling Blossom
Schwartz, John Burnham - The Commoner
Talarigo, Jeff - The Pearl Diver

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