The Waiting Years (Vintage Classic Japanese Series)

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS – five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions. Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – […]

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS – five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions. They regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part – and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.

‘An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade…I’d put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century’ David Mitchell ‘A near-perfect novel’ Hanya Yanagihara In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, […]

Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada’s cat has disappeared. ‘Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original’ The Times Part of the VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS series – five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.