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With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers - a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village - will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.

From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes an audiobook like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is an audiobook about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.

As Ayanokouji and his classmates begin their second year at the Advanced Nurturing High School, they're greeted by a fresh gauntlet of exams and a fresh batch of rather unique first-year students. They'll have to get to know each other quickly, because the first special exam pairs the first-years with the second-years on a written test--with only the second-years facing expulsion if their team performs poorly! Worse yet? It seems one of the new first-years is also from the White Room. Can Ayanokouji avoid expulsion while sussing out the identity of this hidden foe?

Being reborn once may sound impressive, but Rishe is already on her seventh time around! She has had all kinds of excitement in her previous lives, from peddling goods as a merchant to locking blades as a knight, so now she's determined to kick back and enjoy. But to savor the high life, she first has to marry the handsome prince...the same one who happens to be her murderer! It will take six-plus lifetimes of experience and skills for Rishe to break the time loop and make her extravagant dreams come true!

現代ものの話で最後とストンと転換する他の山川方夫の作品とは若干毛色の変わった作品です。宮中を舞台に禁裏の一人の女の心の動きを季節の移ろいと共に描き出しています。

「自分は正気だ」と訴える男の言葉ほど、恐ろしいものはない。精神病院で院長に退院を乞う男が語る、脱獄と記憶喪失、そして炭鉱王への転身。一見筋の通った告白ですが、雄弁であればあるほど「どこまでが真実で、どこからが妄想なのか」の境目が消え去ります。答え合わせのない狂気の語りに、気づけば引き込まれる夢野久作の怪作です。

1906年（明治39年）に発表された短い回想記です。夏目漱石が自身の19歳の「落第」を振り返って、その意味を綴った話です。成績のせいではなく腹膜炎で進級試験が受けられず、自ら落第を選択し、そこで思う所があった、という回顧ですが、現代の我々にも非常に学ぶべき言葉が書かれています。自ら「落第」を選択した漱石はそこから目から鱗が落ち、以後は卒業まで首席を通しました。

山本周五郎の作品の中でも飛び切り泣かせると評判の高い作品です。どの人物も善人で安心して作品世界に浸ることができます。聴き終わったあとは、心の中の塊が落ちた、そんな気持ちにさせてくれる作品です。

The Classic of Changes (I Ching / Yìjīng / 易經) is one of the oldest and most enduring texts in the Chinese literary tradition, and one of the oldest books on record. The trigrams and method are classically attributed to the culture hero and legendary emperor Fu Xi (c. 2800 BCE), who also...

In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here, he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Two legendary swords. A one-eyed samurai. A world of love, betrayal, and deadly ambition. In eighteenth-century Edo, two legendary swords ignite a deadly struggle, drawing warriors, schemers, and lovers into a web of vengeance, betrayal, and ambition...

The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in JapanThe English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task...

奇妙な小説です。漱石自身も「吾輩は猫である」の中でこの小説らしき作品に触れていますが、その中でも「誰が読んでも朦朧としてとりとめがない」と評していますが、さて、小説の中に秘められた実験的な試みに気付くことができますか。

芥川龍之介の短編小説の頂点、と評される作品です。芥川研究者や文学愛好家によって様々に論じられている作品です。鹿鳴館の華やかな描写も聴きごたえがありますが、ぜひ将校ヴィオーの言葉の意味を考えてもらいたいと思います。

見えないものを見ているうちに見えるものが見えなくなり、見えないものが見えなくなると見えなかったものが見えてくる。そんなことを考えさせられる作品です。目の前にある当たり前の大切さに気付かせられました。

耳が聞こえずカナリヤと生きる少女は、知り合った若者が遭難し、海になったと信じ、自分も誘われるように海へ入る。だが若者は外国船に救われて帰還する。少女とともに海へ消えたカナリヤの死骸が、後に若者の前で生きているかのように動き、沖へ進む。若者はそれを追って海へ入る。少女が見た若者、若者が見たカナリヤ。その不可思議な照応によって、二人の隔たりが最後に反転する。

どうしようもない、ちゃん。うだつの上がらない、ちゃん。のんだくれの、ちゃん。でも、家族に愛される、ちゃん。長屋の人たちみんなが好きな、ちゃん。そんな「ちゃん」の物語です。

Galkhein has officially forged an alliance with Coyolles, and Arnold and Rishe are closer than ever. During a visit to the Grand Cathedral of Domana, which Arnold burns to ash in the future, they bump into the young lady Rishe served as a maid. But this happy reunion soon takes a turn for the strange, with curses, warnings, and grudges aplenty! As Arnold's hatred of the church comes to a head, another piece of the handsome prince's mysterious past falls into place...

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK* 'This is a five-star read, for real . . .' ROBIN HOBB 'An impressive debut with real psychological depth' THE GUARDIAN 'Richly imagined and politically driven' THE I PAPER 'In a class of its own' THE DAILY MAIL 'A novel of...

'The Convenience Store by the Sea makes magic from life's simple moments . . . an unexpected treasure revealing what's truly important in life. I will hold it close for when I need a reminder!' Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe 'If you loved Before The Coffee Gets Cold...