A sensual and disturbing tale of love, grief, and the supernatural in Tokyo.Vincent returns to Tokyo after his lover's tragic death, finding himself adrift in a city filled with ghostly echoes. Between the Sumida River, the Tsukiji fish market, and a contemporary art gallery, he navigates love, loss, and the blurred lines of reality.Brault weaves magical realism and Japanese folklore into a story of a man searching for the ghost of Suzuko amidst the city's br...

A collection of intimate confessions from Quebec, each uniquely translated.I Never Talk About It brings together 37 short stories by Véronique Côté and Steve Gagnon, offering a diverse and intimate glimpse into the human experience. What sets this collection apart is its unique approach to translation: each story is translated by a different translator, resulting in a fascinating array of voices and interpretations.Explore themes of love, loss, ide...

‘Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout ‘An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of LusterA fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in Queens, New York.If you really want to know, we are the colour of 7-Eleven root beer. Colour of the charcoal pencil our sisters use to rim their eyes....

'I want the world to change shape.''I'm not sure theatre can do that.''Well then where am I meant to take that impulse because I'm very serious about the endeavour?'A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.The Writer premiered in 2018 at the Almeida Theatre, London, in a production directed by Blanche McIntyre.The Writer was a finalist for the 2019 Su...

Shigeaki Yashiro’s saga as an expert loner continues when the students of Iikanyama High take a school trip to Kamakura. Yashiro wants nothing more than to spend some time alone with his girlfriend, but his plan begins to fall apart when their popular friends ask the couple to join in on some group fun instead. How will these wildly different personalities get along? Enjoy these stories of the past and the future, from the perspectives of loners and cool kids alike.

'It fizzes like a just-opened bottle of soda. It sprints like the Beatles running through a train station. It talks a mile a minute like a person swept away in the druggy lunacy of a serious crush... There have been moments when, for me, its effervescence has failed to rhyme with the despondency of these days. But far more often, Love and Other Poems has felt like a long-awaited remedy' New York TimesLove and Other Poems is full of praise...

A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable.The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn’t even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD"What is the cost of a mother’s desire?...Emily Itami explores this question with wit and poignancy." -- New York Times Book Review"The perfect marriage of Sally Rooney and early Murakami." -- Kathy Wang, author of Impostor SyndromeMizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children, and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It’s ev...

A rollercoaster ride from the cult master of the psycho-thriller'A blistering portrait of contemporary Japan, its nihilism and decadence wrapped up within one of the most savage thrillers since The Silence of the Lambs' Kirkus'Deft and fascinating . . . A grisly tour of the darkness and confusion of the human mind' New York TimesIt's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tok...

A deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo. From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven, comes All the Lovers in the Night.'A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting' – Rebecca F. Kuang, author of YellowfaceFuyuko Irie is a fre...

Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies meets Rachel Cusk’s The Lucky Ones in this astounding debut novel about a woman on the verge of infidelity.Tessa is a thirty-seven-year-old real estate agent living in Montreal. She adores her husband and three young sons, but she’s deeply unhappy and questioning the set of choices that have led to her present life.After a surprising run-in with Francis, her ex-boyfriend and first love, Tessa arranges to see...

A biting, hilarious memoir in essays chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend* in white spaces. (*see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student, teacher, enemy)"Flat-out funny. . . This is a great next-book for fans of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life , but if a reader hasn't turned to either of those yet, Phili...