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Luna llena
Aki Shimazaki · 2022
Una gran novela breve en torno al amor y los secretos de quienes nos rodean.<br/>«Bajo esta prosa notablemente sobria, compacta y controlada, palpita un volcán.» Le Devoir<br/>«Una tierna reflexión sobre el lugar que ocupan los recuerdos.» Le Monde<br/>En una pequeña localidad japonesa, el matrimonio compuesto por Tetsuo y Fujiko Niré vive apaciblemente en una residencia en cuyos jardines cantan toda clase de cigarras. Son ya abuelos, y se mudaron allí cuando ella, Fujiko, empezó a mostrar síntomas de alzhéimer. Y una mañana, al levantarse, Fujiko, extrañada, no reconoce a Tetsuo, su marido. Gracias a una improvisada ayuda, Fujiko se tranquiliza: una enfermera de la residencia le dice que Tetsuo es su novio, el prometido que, según la antigua tradición japonesa, ha conocido gracias a un encuentro, un miai. A partir de ese momento, Tetsuo no solo se enfrentará a situaciones que lo desconcertarán, sino que, ante todo, tendrá que decidir si quiere convertirse en el novio de la que ha sido su esposa durante décadas. Porque las sorpresas solo acaban de empezar.
The Garden of Words
Makoto Shinkai · 2020
On rainy mornings, Takao can never bring him-self to go to school-instead, he spends that time at the beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen gardens and finds a brief reprieve from everything else in his life among the trees and flowers. And on one of those mornings, he discovers a mysterious woman named Yukino in his haven, skipping work, and an unlikely friendship blooms between them. But though these two are the center of this story, they are far from the only ones trying to find their way in life.<br/><br/><br/>From director Makoto Shinkai comes a deeper look at his award-winning 2013 film, The Garden of Words, full of additional scenes and perspectives to show a whole new side of the many characters who brought the film to life.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Arata Kanoh, Makoto Shinkai · 2020
SHE AND HER CAT
Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa · 2022
On the outskirts of Tokyo, in a neighbourhood crossed by a commuter railway, local cats weave their way through the lives and homes of their owners as they navigate difficult times.<br/><br/>A cat named Chobi sends silent messages of courage to a young woman, willing her to end a faltering relationship; a gifted artist fatally misunderstands her boss's enthusiasm for her paintings; a manga fan shuts herself away after the death of her friend, while her cat Cookie hatches a plan to persuade her outside; a woman who has dedicated her life to a distant husband learns a lesson in independence from her cat.<br/><br/>Against the urban backdrop of humming trains and private woes, SHE AND HER CAT explores the gentle magic of the everyday. Populated by both the friendly and the feral, it reveals - with heartstopping clarity and warmth - how even in our darkest moments, community and connection may lead us to a happier place.
El gato que venia del cielo
Takashi Iraide · 2015
Indigno de Ser Humano
Osamu Dazai
Indigno de ser humano se ha convertido, con el paso de los años, en una de las obras más populares de la literatura japonesa, superando los diez millones de ejemplares vendidos desde su primera publicación en 1948.
La dependienta (Spanish Edition)
Sayaka Murata · 2019
Keiko Furukura tiene 36 años y está soltera. De hecho, nunca ha tenido pareja. Desde que abandonó a su tradicional familia para mudarse a Tokio, trabaja a tiempo parcial como dependienta de una konbini, un supermercado japonés abierto las 24 horas del día. Siempre ha sentido que no encajaba en la sociedad, pero en la tienda ha encontrado un mundo predecible, gobernado por un manual que dicta a los trabajadores cómo actuar y qué decir. Ha conseguido lograr esa normalidad que la sociedad le reclama: todos quieren ver a Keiko formar un hogar, seguir un camino convencional que la convierta, a sus ojos, en una adulta. Con esta visión hilarante de las expectativas de la sociedad hacia las mujeres solteras, Sayaka Murata se ha consagrado como la nueva voz de la literatura japonesa.
Quién sabe si mañana seguiremos aquí
Kim Young-Ha · 2019
Tales from the Cafe: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series Book 2)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi · 2021
From The Author Of The International Bestseller Before The Coffee Gets Cold, This Book Follows Four New Customers Who Hope To Travel Back In Time In A Little Japanese Café. In A Back Alley In Tokyo, There Is A Café That Has Been Serving Carefully Brewed Coffee For More Than One Hundred Years. Local Legend Says That This Shop Offers Something Else Besides Coffee—the Chance To Travel Back In Time. With Faces Both Familiar And New, Tales From The Cafe Follows The Story Of Four Patrons Who Visit To Take Advantage Of Café Funiculi Funicula's Time-traveling Offer And Revisit Moments With Family, Friends And Lovers. Each One Must Face Up To The Past To Move On With Their Lives. Kawaguchi's Wistful And Heartwarming New Novel Once Again Invites The Reader To Ask Themselves, What Would You Do If You Could Travel Back In Time?
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi · 2020
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>*OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*<br/><br/>*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet?<br/><br/>In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.<br/><br/>Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.<br/><br/>Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?<br/><br/>Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye!<br/><br/>Read the rest of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:<br/>Tales from the Cafe Before Your Memory Fades
The Cat Who Saved Books
Sosuke Natsukawa · 2021
