Duck Call is a linked collection by Ichiro Inami about men captivated by wild birds, their dreams, and their fantasies. Hunting, nature, solitude, and masculine pride are joined by a dry lyricism.

A linked collection that portrays the dreams and wounds of men pursuing wild birds with quiet fantasy.

Mubanso is a novel set in Sendai at the end of the 1960s, depicting the love and secrets of young people who meet amid the heat of campus protests. A dangerous quadrangle and the shadow of death return as memories twenty years later.

A love born amid protest and youth returns as a sweet and dangerous memory.

Tenkou no Fune is a historical novel by Masamitsu Miyagitani about the life of Yi Yin against the background of the rise of the Shang dynasty in ancient China. An orphan who survives a great flood grows into a figure who moves history through intellect and resolve.

An orphan who survives by miracle walks toward a role that will shape ancient Chinese history.

Chi no Nihonshi is a collection of historical stories by Ryutaro Abe that traces Japanese history through rebellion, assassination, intrigue, and defeat. It portrays figures such as Prince Nagaya, Taira no Masakado, Sen no Rikyu, Tanuma Okitsugu, Sakamoto Ryoma, and Saigo Takamori at moments of ascent and downfall.

A rereading of Japanese history through linked moments of glory, bloodshed, and defeat.

Tonight, in Every Bar is a novel by Ramo Nakajima about Kojima Yo, a man unable to stop drinking, and his life in the hospital. It treats dependence, life and death, friendship, and humor with both urgency drawn from experience and the author's distinctive lightness.

A story of a life unable to give up alcohol, told between laughter and the nearness of death.