Louise Heal Kawai

17 books

First Love by Rio Shimamoto, Rio Shimamoto

First Love

Rio Shimamoto, Rio Shimamoto

250 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women by Cathy Layne

Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women

Cathy Layne

237 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Island of Expectation by Ito Ogawa

The Island of Expectation

Ito Ogawa

missing page info • first pub 2010 (editions)

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Point Zero by Seichō Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai

Point Zero

Seichō Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai

320 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious tense slow-paced
Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama

Seventeen

Hideo Yokoyama

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced
Shame by Mieko Kawakami
Shame
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Mieko Kawakami

Shame

Mieko Kawakami

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories
Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter by Shōko Tendō

Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

Shōko Tendō

196 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced