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Grand Expectations weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of America from 1945 through Watergate....

The Art of War is a renowned ancient Chinese military treatise written by Sun Tzu, a military strategist and philosopher. Composed around the fifth century BC, it provides valuable insights into warfare and strategy.

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....

210 BC, China. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life. His fleet never returned....

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....

Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore....

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

EL FENÓMENO COREANO QUE HA DADO LA VUELTA AL MUNDO. Una historia conmovedora sobre los momentos decisivos de la vida y de cómo los libros...

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of extraordinary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, including his significant impact on Japan and the world, to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre....

La Epopeya de Gilgamesh (2500-2000 a. C) es una narración acadia en verso sobre las peripecias del rey Gilgamesh. Está basada en cinco poemas...

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....

Hojoki is an introspective poem written in the 13th century by the enigmatic Japanese hermit Kamo no Chomei, who as a young man served in the capital as official court poet, but later in life withdrew from society.

Kahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Sand and Foam is a book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the...

Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....

In Just Being Here, the acclaimed poet Coleman Barks joins master cellist David Darling in a celebration of friendship - some of Rumi's most memorable poems....

The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

Inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress....

Siddhartha is an allegorical novel-parable by Hermann Hesse, first published by the Berlin publishing house S. Fischer Verlag in 1922. Siddhartha is the...

Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto....

走ることについて語りつつ、小説家としてのありよう、創作の秘密、そして「彼自身」を初めて説き明かした画期的なメモワール。

Uno studente di Tōkyō intraprende un viaggio solitario nella pittoresca penisola di Izu: spera di trovare sollievo ai propri tormenti. Nella bellezza del paesaggio autunnale, il protagonista vive un'esperienza che lo segnerà a fondo: conosce Kaoru, una giovane danzatrice errante, pura nella sua naturale semplicità e nel suo animo infantile. In un delicato equilibrio tra lo scenario idilliaco di Izu e le dinamiche emotive fra i due, Kawabata esplora il tema della bellezza effimera e dell'innocenza perduta, catturando con maestria la fugacità del momento.

夏目漱石、前期三部作のひとつであるこの作品。作品の書かれた「近代」において自我に目覚めた主人公の代助は、倫理や道徳に背き、正直に、自由に生きようとした。そしてその代助を待ち受けたものは。一生懸命生きようとする代助の姿は、「現代」でも「未来」でも色褪せることはないだろう。

芥川龍之介の、いわゆる「保吉もの」のひとつです。表面的には大きなドラマのないこの作品は、読み解く人によって様々な解釈が生まれる奥深い作品です。この作品の背景にあるのは「変化」。時代、自己、価値観、女、生活様式。これらの変化が網の目のように張り巡らされた作品です。

いわゆる書簡体の作品で、26歳の「私」が「某作家」の宛てた手紙とその返事という形式です。書簡体小説はゲーテの「若きウエルテルの悩み」や夏目漱石の「こころ」なども書簡体小説の名作です。「トカトントン」は太宰治が金木で書いた最後の作品でもあります。

On a far ridge of a Himalayan hill station, a crumbling ruin holds devastating secrets. Spanning 70 years of India’s turbulent history, A House Called Askival, follows three generations of an American family from Partition to the present day. An estranged daughter returns for her father’s death, but can the past be healed? A legendary cookbook holds a fateful recipe, but what dark story does it hide? A winged creature arrives, but does it know the 100th name of God?

C’era una volta una grande villa in stile occidentale dove erano vissuti i Burness, prima di tornare in Inghilterra allo scoppio della Seconda guerra mondiale. Nel parco, ormai abbandonato, avevano giocato generazioni di bambini. Una di loro, Terumi, è ora un’adolescente in conflitto con i genitori. La sua famiglia è stata colpita da una tragedia difficile da superare e lei ha trovato rifugio nei racconti del nonno di un’amica.

登場人物の名前や作品名などは変えてあるが、自身をモデルにした小説で、山野（芥川竜之介）、桑田（久米正雄）などの文学仲間が登場する。菊池寛の苦悩と当時まだ卵だった作家たちの野心が見えて興味深い作品に仕上がっている。

山川正夫らしからぬ、と言っては失礼だが、いい意味で期待を裏切られる作品です。説教臭さは微塵もありませんが、この短い作品の中に、改めて考え直してみたいこと、見つめ直してみたいこと、そして諦める事と信じることが凝縮されています。

この作品が書かれたのは1960年。都会では団地がブームで、古い日本家屋から先進的な団地へ移り住むことがステータスだった。そんな時代を背景にして、個が埋没する世情を皮肉る物語です。山川方夫というと教科書に掲載された「夏の葬列」で知られていますが、この作品は山川作品の中でも評価が高く、欧米でも翻訳転載された作品です。

山川方夫得意のショートです。どこにでもありそうな二人で暮らす姉妹の心の中を山川流に描きます。物語のあとはどうなったかという結論は私たちに任されています。聴くたびに、読むたびに違う結果が想像されます。