Kafka on the Shore
Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.
2,496-word summary · 11 min read
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a Tokyo cafe where guests can revisit the past until their coffee cools, four visitors seek words left unsaid with lovers and kin.
2,233-word summary · 10 min read
Pachinko
Four generations of a Korean family in Japan, from Sunja's fall and brave marriage to pachinko parlors, discrimination, and sons who choose different ways to…
2,210-word summary · 10 min read
Norwegian Wood
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
2,051-word summary · 9 min read
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha retold: Chiyo to Sayuri in Gion, Mameha, Hatsumomo, and the Chairman.
2,567-word summary · 11 min read