Michael Emmerich is the translator of several books. He holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Columbia university and was a Costen Postoctoral Fellow at Princeton University.
21 Ebooks by Hiromi Kawakami
Hiromi Kawakami: Nakano Thrift Shop
This "gentle, humorous novel" follows a young Japanese woman as she yearns for the love of a reluctant coworker (The Wall Street Journal).The objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appe …
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€23.05
Hiromi Kawakami: Record of a Night Too Brief
The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from one of the most highly regarded and provocative contemporary Japanese writers 'The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, …
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€7.00
Hiromi Kawakami: Die zehn Lieben des Nishino
Nishino ist der perfekte Liebhaber, der die geheimen Wünsche jeder Frau errät. Warum hat keine seiner Lieben Bestand? Es beginnt schon in der Schule. Warum ist die Welt so unendlich? fragt Nishino se …
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€10.99
Hiromi Kawakami: Der Himmel ist blau, die Erde ist weiß
Eine selbstbewusste Frau, ein alter, weiser Mann, reichlich Sake, etwas Walfischspeck und immer wieder Lotuswurzel – Zutaten dieser stillen, faszinierend fremden Liebesgeschichte aus Japan. Tsukiko i …
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German
€9.99
Hiromi Kawakami: Nakano Thrift Shop
Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano’s thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss – or so i …
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€10.28
Hiromi Kawakami: Cele zece iubiri ale lui Nishino
Cartea lui Hiromi Kawakami cuprinde mărturisirile a zece femei și tot atâtea povestiri din care, pornind de la frânturi de amintiri, cititorii pot recompune personalitatea fascinantă, greu de prins, …
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Romanian
€7.31
Hiromi Kawakami: Prăvălia de mărunţişuri a domnului Nakano
Într-un cartier mărginaș din Tokyo, pe o stradă comercială, se află un magazin de mărunțișuri aparent banal. Însă aici, într-un spațiu cu parfum nostalgic, se țes încetul cu încetul, cu rafinament și …
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Romanian
€6.39
Hiromi Kawakami: Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter; one is the girlfriend of a classmate, another the best friend o …
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€12.80
Hiromi Kawakami: People From My Neighbourhood
Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep …
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€19.15
Hiromi Kawakami: Vreme ciudată la Tokio
Tsukiko are 38 de ani, lucrează într-un birou, trăiește singură și îi place să frecventeze un bar și să bea sake. Într-o zi, întâmplarea face să reîntâlnească un fost profesor de liceu, căruia, pentr …
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€7.31
Kaori Ekuni & Hideo Furukawa: Book of Tokyo
At first, Tokyo appears in these stories as it does to many outsiders: a city of bewildering scale, awe-inspiring modernity, peculiar rules, unknowable secrets and, to some extent, danger. Characters …
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€7.03
Hiromi Kawakami: Dragon Palace
Included in The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023 Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and desti …
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€9.99
Hiromi Kawakami: Third Love
Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity. One day, by chance, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers f …
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€19.24
Hiromi Kawakami: Bis nächstes Jahr im Frühling
In den letzten sieben Jahren, seit ihrer Hochzeit, war Noyuri kaum einmal von zu Hause weg. Jetzt fährt sie mit ihrem Onkel Makoto, der immer eher wie ein großer Bruder für sie war, mit dem Bergecho- …
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€13.99
Hiromi Kawakami: Under the Eye of the Big Bird
In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, fro …
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€19.21