検索キーワード： 文芸小説

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

戦前から戦後にかけて、千倉家へ女中としてやってきた女性たちの織り成すユーモラスで生き生きとした物語。谷崎潤一郎、晩年の作品。

夏目漱石が松山にいた頃、正岡子規が支那から帰って漱石の家に転がり込んだ。食い意地の張った子規と、仕方なく俳句を詠んだ漱石。同い年の漱石と子規の気質が垣間見られるエピソード。

Twenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to become a surrogate in return for a life-changing amount of money, it's hard to turn down. But how much of herself will she be forced to give away?

The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to the United States for graduate school two weeks after her brother, Mezie, attempts suicide. Plagued by the guilt of leaving Mezie behind, Sommy struggles to fit into her new life as a student and an immigrant. Lonely and homesick, Sommy soon enters a complicated relationship with her boisterous Nigerian roommate, Bayo, a relationship that plummets into deceit when Sommy falls for Bryan, a biracial American, whose estranged Nigerian father left the States immediately after his birth.

A Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre’s most moving novel yet. A masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance, it is the story of an intense friendship between the Narrator and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers from profound psychological disorders. A series of short scenes paints the portrait of a strong-willed and tormented young woman battling many demons, and of the Narrator’s loving and anguished attachment to her.

In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant—who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be.

House of Meetings is a gothic love story, triangular in form and steeped in darkness. In 1946 Moscow, amid the palpable threat of pogroms, two brothers and a Jewish girl are drawn together in a fateful, tangled dance of desire and rivalry. Their destinies entwine further in the desolate Norlag labor camp, buried above the Arctic Circle, where an enigmatic encounter in the House of Meetings will leave indelible marks on all three. What begins as a brief, forbidden tryst lingers long after the brothers’ release, haunting their every step.

Celestial Lights is a portrait of a complicated man whose vision and unparalleled understanding of the universe don't always translate into stellar relationships on Earth. It explores the sacrifices required to achieve greatness—but more importantly, the idea that greatness is not always what it seems. This breathtaking tale which reveals how personal choices can send a world spinning, will make every reader lift their head to the night sky and marvel while also cherishing the connections that make our planet home.

During an unrelenting monsoon, these three people and several others—a worldly old sports agent and his promising client, a personal assistant returning from a short holiday spent with a secret lover, a young hoodlum from New York wanted by the police, and a family of four making their way to San Diego to enjoy the fantastic beaches there—must do their best to survive the elements, and each other.

Jika boleh memilih, Haifa tidak ingin merasakan jatuh cinta sebelum waktunya, la lebih memilih memantaskan diri untuk seseorang yang memang Allah takdirkan mengisi sela-sela jari tangannya, untuk sosok yang akan melengkapi separuh agamanya dan menuntunnya menuju surga.

Karena mawar itu berduri, maka ia mampu menjaga keindahan kuntum-kuntumnya. Tetapi, Mawar, gadis tomboy sekaligus jago karate yang senang mendaki gunung ini, tak hanya dituntut menjaga dirinya sendiri. Ia harus mengembalikan kehormatan keluarganya yang tercabik-cabik.

في "براري الحمى" ينشغل الروائي بالتعبير عن الفضاء الداخلي للإنسان العربي، هي رواية مقلقة تدور حول سؤال الذات، الغربة والعزلة، الحياة والحلم، الخيال واليقظة، البدايات والنهايات، الشك واليقين كل هذه المفردات يضمها الروائي في قاموسه الممتلئ بخليط فني شعري وأدبي غارق في الإيحاءات، والقدرات المعرفية التي أحالها "نصرالله" في هذا النص إلى مفاهيم وتأويلات عبّر بها عن تلك العوالم المرتبكة في مرحلة ما بعد الحداثة حيث اعتبرها الأدباء "من أدق التجارب الجمالية تشرباً لروح الحداثة، فقد استبطن المؤلف الحداثة استبطاناً كاملاً، وكأنه ولد فيها".

En los albores de la Gran Guerra, el teniente Anton Hofmiller recibe una invitación para acudir al castillo del magnate húngaro Lajos von Kekesfalva, cuya hija, que sufre parálisis crónica, se enamora del joven oficial. Hofmiller, que sólo siente compasión por la joven Edith, decidirá ocultar sus verdaderos sentimientos y le hará tener esperanzas en una pronta recuperación. Llega incluso a prometerse con ella, pero no reconoce su noviazgo en público. Como un criminal en la oscuridad, Hofmiller se refugiará en la guerra, de donde regresará como un auténtico héroe.

رواية محكمة، تتتبع المصائر المتشابكة لأفراد عائلة «ريتشاردسون» المثالية، والأم والابنة الغامضتين اللتين قلبتا حياتهم رأسًا على عقب.

Jessica Speight es una joven talentosa que estudia Antropología en el Londres de los años sesenta, pero cualquier previsión sobre su futuro se ve seriamente comprometida cuando, fruto de una relación con un profesor casado, se queda embarazada y debe afrontar, en soledad, las repercusiones de su decisión de tener al bebé. Decisión que cambiará su vida, sobre todo cuando quede patente que su hija Anna no es igual que los demás niños.

Antonio es un alto ejecutivo, exitoso y calculador quien a quien empiezan a sucederle eventos extraños que harán que su vida se salga de control. Valerio es un campesino emprendedor quien, un día, se encuentra con los ojos de una muchachita que le paraliza el corazón.

Ginny Dilboong is a young poet, fierce and deadly. She's making sense of the world and her place in it, grappling with love, family and the spaces in which to create her art. Like powerful women before her, Ginny hugs the edges of waterways, and though she is a daughter of Country, the place that shapes her is not hers. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while learning her own. The question is how?

Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They're flatmates, beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname, and both make questionable choices when it comes to love. Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who left the country because he thought he was making Valdin sad. Greta is in love with fellow English tutor Holly, who only seems to be using her for admin support. But perhaps all is not lost. Valdin is coming to realize that he might not be so unlovable, and Greta, that she might be worth more than the papers she can mark.

In these tense, macabre stories, bodies fall from the sky, perfect nails conceal grisly secrets and violence pulses behind gleaming façades. From hellish visions to obsessive relationships, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica takes us to the dark heart of human desires and fears. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, "Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird" is a breathtaking dive into human monstrousness from a master of contemporary horror.