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    Tokyo Performance
    Stand-In Companion
    Ebook series7 titles

    Red Circle Minis Series

    By Kanji Hanawa, Roger Pulvers, Takuji Ichikawa and

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    About this series

    A world on the brink of disaster, where children with new attitudes are awakening with strange new abilities - but can they change the course of history in time to save the human race?

    Yuri, a 17-year-old girl, is starting in a new high school where she hopes to re-commence a normal student life. But when she witnesses a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Circle
    Release dateNov 23, 2018
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    Tokyo Performance
    Stand-In Companion

    Titles in the series (7)

    • 1

      Stand-In Companion
      Stand-In Companion

      Stand-In Companion

      Kazufumi Shiraishi
      4/5 - 3 ratings
      4/5 - 3 ratings

      Stand-In Companion, by the award-winning Japanese author Kazufumi Shiraishi, explores the struggle to find love, companionship and meaning in life. In any society, relationship dynamics are complex. And as Hayato, a Japanese industrial designer will discover in this clever and absorbing tale, this is even the case in a future world enri

      Stand-In Companion, by the award-winning Japanese author Kazufumi Shiraishi, explores the struggle to find love, companionship and meaning in life. In any society, relationship dynamics are complex. And as Hayato, a Japanese industrial designer will discover in this clever and absorbing tale, this is even the case in a future world enri

    • 2

      Backlight
      Backlight

      Backlight

      Kanji Hanawa
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      This thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa, revolves around the extraordinary real story of the seven-year-old boy who went missing in the bear-inhabited forests of northern Japan for six whole days in 2016, after his parents had apparently abandoned him as a punishment.

      This thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa, revolves around the extraordinary real story of the seven-year-old boy who went missing in the bear-inhabited forests of northern Japan for six whole days in 2016, after his parents had apparently abandoned him as a punishment.

    • 3

      Tokyo Performance
      Tokyo Performance

      Tokyo Performance

      Roger Pulvers
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      Tokyo Performance is set in the pre-internet age, brilliantly captures the zeitgeist of Japan at the time. In this riveting, entertaining and wholly poignant tale, a Japanese celebrity receives a phone call while live on air that will change his life forever. Nori, a high profile Tokyo-based celebrity chef with

      Tokyo Performance is set in the pre-internet age, brilliantly captures the zeitgeist of Japan at the time. In this riveting, entertaining and wholly poignant tale, a Japanese celebrity receives a phone call while live on air that will change his life forever. Nori, a high profile Tokyo-based celebrity chef with

    • 4

      The Refugees' Daughter
      The Refugees' Daughter

      The Refugees' Daughter

      Takuji Ichikawa
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      In a society rife with conflict and a world on the edge of extinction, who should we turn to for answers: society's strongest or weakest? This is the question Takuji Ichikawa, one of Japan's most imaginative and unusual authors, poses in The Refugees' Daughter, a magical modern parable for our troubled times.  Through this te

      In a society rife with conflict and a world on the edge of extinction, who should we turn to for answers: society's strongest or weakest? This is the question Takuji Ichikawa, one of Japan's most imaginative and unusual authors, poses in The Refugees' Daughter, a magical modern parable for our troubled times.  Through this te

    • 5

      The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro
      The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro

      The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro

      Kanji Hanawa
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      A Japanese tale - not about daring ninja or battling samurai - but a hero with a very different penchant. Based on an actual historical figure, the Akutagawa-nominated master short story writer, Kanji Hanawa, takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, as Lord Asunaro inherits his own Japanese fiefdom and grapples with his role and ultimate

      A Japanese tale - not about daring ninja or battling samurai - but a hero with a very different penchant. Based on an actual historical figure, the Akutagawa-nominated master short story writer, Kanji Hanawa, takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, as Lord Asunaro inherits his own Japanese fiefdom and grapples with his role and ultimate

    • 6

      One Love Chigusa
      One Love Chigusa

      One Love Chigusa

      Soji Shimada
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      A love story that explores the mechanics of the heart and humankind's inevitable evolution. One Love Chigusa by Soji Shimada, one of Japan's most famous authors, is a tale of obsessive love in a world where technology has crept into the very heart of humanity. The year is 2091 AD. A horrendous motorcycle accident leaves

      A love story that explores the mechanics of the heart and humankind's inevitable evolution. One Love Chigusa by Soji Shimada, one of Japan's most famous authors, is a tale of obsessive love in a world where technology has crept into the very heart of humanity. The year is 2091 AD. A horrendous motorcycle accident leaves

    • 7

      Monkey Man
      Monkey Man

      Monkey Man

      Takuji Ichikawa
      2/5 - 1 rating
      2/5 - 1 rating

      A world on the brink of disaster, where children with new attitudes are awakening with strange new abilities - but can they change the course of history in time to save the human race? Yuri, a 17-year-old girl, is starting in a new high school where she hopes to re-commence a normal student life. But when she witnesses a

      A world on the brink of disaster, where children with new attitudes are awakening with strange new abilities - but can they change the course of history in time to save the human race? Yuri, a 17-year-old girl, is starting in a new high school where she hopes to re-commence a normal student life. But when she witnesses a

    Author

    Kanji Hanawa

    Kanji Hanawa, a former professor of French Literature with an interest in human psychology and complex relationships. Hanawa's narratives expose the pressures and challenges of life in Japan. Hanawa is a master of the short story. He has written several hundred since he published his first collection, Garasu no natsu (Glass Summer) to critical acclaim in 1972. In 1962, after graduating from Tokyo University, where he studied French Literature, he spent a few months in Paris, his only stay in the county to whose literature he has dedicated much of his life.Hanawa is the author of Backlight, which The Japan Times described as 'an important work of social commentary doing what all the greatest short stories do: opening a rabbit hole of thought down which the reader will fall.'

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