Americans have submitted to increasingly frantic, contradictory food fads in pursuit of a healthy diet. From banishing carbs, to factory-made dietetic meals (vacuum-sealed in... Read More

Obsession. Sado-masochism. Decadence. The Japan of Tanizaki’s world is a montage of opium dens and secrets. This sextet of short stories ranges from children at play and... Read More

From this non-Japanese writer comes a collection of traditional Japanese ghost stories as colorful, enigmatic, and foreboding as the bookjacket’s cover art, which features a... Read More