Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Vincent Lam
Interlinked stories in which the friendship and ethics of medical students are tested in the world of hospitals.
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Vincent Lam
Interlinked stories in which the friendship and ethics of medical students are tested in the world of hospitals.
Jacques-pierre Amette, Andrew Brown
A historical novel that reconstructs Brecht, the people around him, and the tensions between politics, art, and private desire.
Alice Greenway
The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Alice Greenway's White Ghost Girls.
ヘルマン ヘッセ, Hermann Hesse, 岡田 朝雄
The story follows Siddhartha, a young Brahmin’s son, as he passes through asceticism, worldly experience, encounters, and loss in search of truth and selfhood. Eastern thought and a quiet, lyrical style support the novel’s spiritual search.
アーサー・C. クラーク, Arthur C. Clarke, 山高 昭
Set on a fictional island, the novel follows the construction of a space elevator, a gigantic engineering project. It blends tensions between technological innovation, cultural heritage, and religious values to depict the scale of human ambition and the difficulties of making it real.
Matt Briggs
A book that follows its subject through conflict, memory, or discovery, with a strong emphasis on character and atmosphere.
Carol Ann Duffy
A sequence of love poems that moves from desire to loss, capturing intimacy, rupture, and the emotional aftershocks of a relationship.
Jeff Chang, DJ Kool Herc
A history of the hip-hop generation that links music to urban change, politics, and identity. It is as much a cultural and social chronicle as it is a music history.
John Weiners
A selected poetry volume edited by Raymond Foye that reveals both the vulnerability and force of John Wieners' voice.
グレアム グリーン, Graham Greene, 小田島 雄志
Set in a West African colony during World War II, the novel follows Deputy Police Commissioner Scobie as he is pulled apart by faith, conscience, duty to his wife, and love for a young widow. It traces, with quiet intensity, how guilt and pity combine to drive him toward ruin.
A. Van Jordan
A poetry collection centered on the memory of Macnolia and the histories attached to black womanhood. It uses poetry to recover voices often left out of official records.
Geraldine McCaughrean
Ashley, a girl obsessed with Antarctica, travels to the white continent with her grandfather and becomes caught in a desperate struggle to survive in a brutal environment. The novel is a cold, tense adventure shaped by isolation and obsession.