Ralph F. McCarthy Libri

Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best--and worst

Illustrated in film cartoon style to appeal to younger readers, this text contains eight traditional Japanese folk tales for young readers.This book contains following tales: The One-Straw MillionaireHow the Old Man Lost His WenSleepy TaroThe Ramshackle LeakIkkyu-sanThe God of PovertyThe Windy BrideHikoichi and the Tanuki

From postmodern Renaissance man Ryu Murakami, master of the psychothriller and director of Tokyo Decadence, comes this hair-raising roller-coaster ride through the nefarious neon-lit world of Tokyo's sex industryIt's just before New Year, and Frank, an American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Although Kenji is far from innocent himself, he unwillingly descends with Frank into an inferno of evil, from which only his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Jun, can possibly save him.