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R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of “authentic” Indianness, John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of its specific South Indian contexts and cultural geography and its non-Indian intertexts.

This book, written by Prakash Pandit, describes the events in the life of Firaq Gorakhpuri, who was an Urdu poet, writer and critic. He was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India, and he has written a number of ghazals, nazmas, rubais and stories. Many of his works are still revered for their contemporary relevance, and he was awarded Padma Bhushan in the later part of his life. The number of ghazals written by him is said to be in the hundreds, and a few selected ones are given in a separate section of the book.

Mirza Ghalib was an Urdu poet who is known for his unique and smooth style of writing. This book is a compilation of the events which happened throughout his life, along with few of the poems written by him. The poems in this book are an ideal listen for people who are fascinated by Urdu poetry but do not understand the nastaliq, the script in which Urdu is written.

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised.

Japanese myths present a significant barrier to entry for Westerners. The primary sources are arcane, and their translations are not accessible to the non-specialist. Japanese deities (kami) have multiple, long names, and the myths exist in different and conflicting versions. Finally, the sheer...

【解説】源氏物語の「若菜 上」の巻は、光源氏が四十歳頃の、絶頂期であると同時に衰運の始まりとなる時期を描いている。栄華と老い、女性たちの嫉妬と悲しみ、前世からの因縁などが絡みあう。

【解説】蹴鞠の催しから4年の歳月が経ち、源氏は46歳、正妻の女三宮は20歳前後、柏木（衛門督）は栄達し中納言で30歳前後である。冷泉帝が譲位し、今上帝が立って明石の一族は栄える。

梁山泊は、国としてのかたちを整えていく。西域への交易路開拓のため、韓成は西夏に遣わされる。楊令自ら護衛する最初の商隊が、西域へと出発した。兀朮らが率いる金軍は、南宋の帝となった趙構を討つために旧宋領への侵攻を続ける。

A survivor of life and death, a fighter of depression and a believer in the power of the universe, Ashish Bagrecha—the best-selling author of self-help book Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel and one of the most popular Instagram poets in the country—brings you his very first collection of poetry, because he thinks poems have the magic ability to heal people. Divided into six chapters, Love, Hope and Magic is about loving deeply and getting broken.

On Being Human is a compilation of original poems by Ghazala Alam. Written in modern Urdu and English, each poem is introduced by an English preamble detailing her inspirations and insights. Accompanied by English transliteration, her poetry is informed by her experiences as an immigrant, woman, and a person of color.

Three stories of the ruined and the lost: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented. This collection unearths the Japanese literary legend’s most controversial and exhilarating early-career writing with strikingly original translations. “Retrograde” traces the life of an anguished youth in reverse...

A Tōkyō c’è un quartiere che raccoglie il più alto numero di librerie al mondo. Si chiama Jinbōchō, e gli amanti dei libri possono trovarci di tutto, purché stampato: romanzi dell’epoca Meiji, manga, copioni teatrali e vecchie mappe. Ma non solo: i cacciatori di prime edizioni o di copie autografate sono di casa qui, e vederli all’opera è uno spettacolo. Alla libreria Morisaki, un piccolo negozio a gestione familiare specializzato in letteratura giapponese moderna, entrano a malapena cinque persone insieme. I libri affollano gli scaffali fino a invadere ogni angolo del pavimento.

夏目漱石が身辺のことなどを書き綴った文字通りの小品集です 内容は家庭の事から英国留学時代のことまで多岐にわたっていますが、いずれも漱石の人となりを知るうえで興味の尽きない「小品」が集められています。

Haikus are poems that are formulated in five to seven syllables and are primarily used in the Asian cultures.

Haiku God invites listeners on a journey of further discovering God through the art of haiku poetry. Haiku is a traditional Japanese style of artistic writing. It consists of three lines with a total of seventeen syllables—five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. This concise format allows for the expression of profound spiritual concepts in a straightforward and accessible manner.

1962年の作品です。山川独特の淡々とした調子で物語は進んでいきます。しかし、最後の35秒で、あなたは唸ることでしょう。やっぱり山川方夫だ、と。

ちょっとザワっとさせられる山川方夫の作品。心当たりのある方はこの作品を知らないままお過ごしください。最後に仕掛けが用意されているのはお馴染みの山川ワールドです。

作者は「三田文学」を編集し、自らも筆を執って文壇を牽引するなど将来を嘱望されたが、交通事故により34歳で急逝した短編の名手。この作品は理屈抜きにラストが面白く確実に聴き手を唸らせる。

1963（昭和38）年1月1日の「ヒッチコック・マガジン　第五巻第一号」に掲載された作品です。女にとっての始まりは、男にとっての終り。この作品を聴いてぞっとした男性は少なからずいる事でしょう。女性にとっては、、、どう感じるのでしょうか。

心の奥に突き刺さったままでいる一本の棘。年月がたっても消えていかない一つの記憶。記憶の源を訪ねた彼がそこで得たものは・・・。山川方夫ならではの物語の展開と同時に、作品の色彩描写も同時にお楽しみ下さい。