Untold Night and Day

In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich with breathtaking descriptions of ancient customs and an ever-changing natural world, Junichiro Tanizaki evokes in loving detail a long-lost way of life even as it withers under the harsh glare of modernity.

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers. 'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times 'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino Hat, ribbon, bird rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next? Finalist for the National Book Award 20...

'The next Bill Bryson' New York Times Two tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverb Despite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations, China, Korea and Japan love to hate each other. Why? In search of an answer, Michael Booth journeys across East Asia to explore the mutual animosity that frequently threatens to draw the world into all-out war. From misjudged cake decorations to electoral meddling, contradictory origin myths to territorial disputes, this deeply researched and hugely entertaining book shows that no conflict is too small to keep the fires of neighbourly hostility burning. 'A fine summary of East Asian cultures and conflicts...useful, fact-packed and readable' Spectator

Przemilczana noc i dzień Bae Suah to historia trwającej zaledwie jedną noc i jeden dzień wędrówki młodej kobiety przez Seul. Ayami spaceruje nocą po gorących ulicach miasta ze swoim byłym szefem w poszukiwaniu Yeoni, ich zaginionej przyjaciółki. Dzień zaś spędza z tajemniczym poetą, który przybył w odwiedziny do Korei. Ich rozmowy dotyczą sztuki, miłości, jedzenia i niedostępnego kraju na północy. Ta hipnotyzująca i całkowicie oryginalna powieść Bae Suah stawia pytanie, czy więcej niż jedna wersja nas samych może istnieć jednocześnie. Bae Suah (ur. w 1965 roku) należy do grona jednych z najbardziej oryginalnych pisarek koreańskich. Zadebiutowała nowelą Ciemny pokój w 1993 r., stwarzając od razu unikatowy, własny styl. Jej powieści są tłumaczone o...