In this groundbreaking novel, Fumiko Hayashi tells the powerful story of tormented love and one woman's struggle to navigate the cruel realities of postwar Japan. The novel's characters, particularly...
A marvelously illustrated volume demonstrating how Japanese art permeates and comments on the changes and uncertainties of existenceWeathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures. A broken tea bowl,...
A Best Book of the Year as chosen by Nature, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal. A groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between capitalism, communism, and Arctic ecology since the dawn of...