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NaomiJunichiro Tanizaki A hilarious story of one mans obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nations cultural confusionfrom a master Japanese novelist. When twenty eight year old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance. Determined to transform her into the perfect wife and to whisk her away from the seamy underbelly of post World War I Tokyo, Joji adopts and ultimately marries

Nearly three quarters of a million copies have been sold

When an editor at Uehara’s dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series

but also highly judgmental of others

The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque

also known as the “Ice Prince

And if Arleta wants to prove her talent and establish her culinary reputation

Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him

the only person to venture to the realm of death and return alive

except…he likes guys

Yuji joins the Jujutsu Sorcerers in order to rid himself of the corruption

”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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