"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
The Tales of Old Miura (I racconti del vecchio Miura), published in Italy by Lindau, brings together short stories by Kidō Okamoto (1872–1939), a Japanese playwright and novelist best remembered for his contribution to kabuki theater and historical fiction. Born in Tokyo during the Meiji era,...
Kyoka Izumi, born Kyotaro Izumi on November 4, 1873, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, was a prominent Japanese novelist, writer, and kabuki playwright active during the prewar period. He is best known for his distinctive style that contrasted with the dominant naturalist literature of his era: his...
Nothing happens in this book, and yet everything happens. Just like life. An ordinary story of an ordinary woman: her husband left for no apparent reason, he seems to think he has a right to her life even if he provides no support for their...
Mi sono di recente avvicinata alla serie di romanzi gialli di Seishi Yokomizo pubblicati in Italia da Sellerio e che hanno come protagonista Kōsuke Kindaichi, un detective estremamente popolare in Giappone. Ora, indipendentemente dalla qualità dei romanzi, la peculiarità è che in Italia è davvero...
This next novel will be my first I-novel ever; of course, it won't be an I-novel of the Literary Establishment sort, but it will be an attempt to vivisect myself in which I will turn on myself the blade of psychological analysis that I have...
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a Japanese writer known for his deeply personal, existential, and often autobiographical fiction, and one of the most significant authors in modern Japanese literature. A pen name for Shūji Tsushima, Osamu Dazai was born into a wealthy family in Kanagi and his life...
Celebrated as one of the major figures in modern Japanese literature and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965) was a Japanese author known for his exploration of themes such as female beauty and destructive erotic obsessions. His notable works...
Edogawa Ranpo, born Tarō Hirai on October 21, 1894, in Nabari, Japan, was a prominent writer and literary critic known for his influential contributions to the mystery genre. He passed away on July 28, 1965, which means that his works will be in the public...
After the charming exhibition on Women Samurai, Tenoha changes tune and theme and goes cybernetic on us: their new effort is called Robotland, and has: a section on the history of robots, grouped by theme and following the book; a section on the exploration of...
For the first time in my life, last week I did something weird: I went to see a movie in Japanese. And no, before you get ideas, I do not understand Japanese: it had subtitles. Anyway, the movie was Miyazaki's last effort, The Boy and the...
