New Japanese Voices

“A happy marriage of contemporary Western culture with the traditional Japanese sensibility makes this story collection by young Japanese writers a worthwhile successor to a distinguished literary past.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Lonesome Traveler

“Kerouac’s work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.” –Ann Douglas “ ‘ ’ ”…

Ivory’s Ghosts

“[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory, human kind’s lust for this exquisite treasure, and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process ….

How Asia Works

“Provocative. . . . How Asia Works is a striking and enlightening book . . . A lively mix of scholarship, reporting and polemic.” —The Economist…

Hiroshima Notes

“Hiroshima Notes traces the struggle of the novelist Kenzaburo Oe to reach the deepest lessons of the bombing. His pieces are crowded with the voices of survivors and with the…

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Good Value

“A remarkable book . . . Stephen Green weaves together his reflections on economics, geopolitics, history, philosophy, literature, and religion against the background of the current crisis. Deeply challenging as…

The Ends of the Earth

From an Edgar Award–winning author, a dazzling work of historical derring-do, as World War I flying ace–turned–spy James Maxted confronts a thirty-year-old secret—and a lethal German foe—in Tokyo….

Dropping Ashes On the Buddha

‘somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha statue, blows smoke in its face, and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing…

Crawling at Night

“[Power’s] starkly realistic characters and terse, lyrical prose herald her as an exciting new voice. . . . Ito is a Japanese sushi chef, recently arrived in New York City,…