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一句頂一万句(中国語)
長江文芸出版社

一句頂一万句(中国語)

劉 震雲

Built around the longing for someone to talk to, the novel follows relationships across generations. Its central theme is the rarity of truly understanding conversation within ordinary life.

アメリカン・ゴッズ 上
KADOKAWA

アメリカン・ゴッズ 上

ニール・ゲイマン, 金原 瑞人, 野沢 佳織

A story in which the old gods brought by immigrants and the new 'gods' of media and technology collide in modern America. Through clashes among myth, faith, identity, and consumer culture, it presents an allegorical portrait of American society.

ブラック・ノイズ
みすず書房

ブラック・ノイズ

トリーシャ・ローズ, 新田 啓子

A critical study that treats rap not only as a musical form but as an expression bound up with urban culture and racial politics. Using lyrics, videos, and interviews, it examines how hip-hop became a site of social critique.

The Forever War
St. Martin's Griffin

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

Born from Haldeman's Vietnam War experience, this military SF novel follows how relativistic time differences reshape soldiers' return home and their isolation. It is less about battles than about the distortions war leaves in people and society.

グローバリズム出づる処の殺人者より
文藝春秋

グローバリズム出づる処の殺人者より

アラヴィンド アディガ, Aravind Adiga, 鈴木 恵

Through the monologue of Balram, a driver who rises out of poverty in northern India, the novel sharply depicts class society and corruption. Its dark humor and unruly voice leave a strong impression of modern India's distortions.

His Family: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
Readhowyouwant

His Family: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Ernest Poole

Set in 1910s New York, this novel follows widower Roger Gale and his three daughters as the bonds within one family gradually come out of step with a changing society. Urban modernization, generational conflict, and the tension between charity and individualism emerge as a quiet domestic drama.

The Help
G.P. Putnam's Sons

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

Set in 1960s Mississippi, the novel follows Black domestic workers and a young white woman who begins to record their lives. It examines segregation, class, and the courage it takes to speak plainly about injustice.

The Striped World
Faber & Faber

The Striped World

Emma Jones

Jones’s debut collection moves between shipwrecks, underwater zoos, settlers, indigenous peoples, and shifting landscapes to explore belonging and displacement. The poems are vivid, restless, and sharply observed.

Esperadme en el cielo
DESTINO

Esperadme en el cielo

Maruja Torres

Amazon配送商品ならEsperadme en el cieloが通常配送無料。更にAmazonならポイント還元本が多数。Torres, Maruja作品ほか、お急ぎ便対象商品は当日お届けも可能。