WAghwee The Sky Monster is a 1964 short story/novel by the Japanese writer Kenzaburō Ōe. It has been translated into English by John Nathan and published in the volume Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, along with the title story, Prize Stock and The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away. Aghwee was one of the first in Ōe's series of stories inspired by the birth of his autistic son Hikari.
WDeath in Midsummer is a 1953 collection of stories by Yukio Mishima. The book takes its name from an included short story of the same title, which was first published in the October 1952 issue of Shinchō. It contains five short stories and one play, Sotoba Komachi.
WGauche the Cellist is a short story by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa. It is about Gauche, a struggling small-town cellist who is inspired by his interactions with anthropomorphized animals to gain insight into music. The story has been translated into English, Italian and Spanish, and was adapted into a critically acclaimed animated film in 1982 by Isao Takahata. It had previously been adapted to the screen several times.
WGon, the Little Fox is a Japanese children's story about the life of a little fox called Gon. The story is considered the masterpiece of Niimi Nankichi, also sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan.
WThe psychiatrist Irabu series (精神科医・伊良部シリーズ) is a series of short stories by the Japanese writer Hideo Okuda which features the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Ichirō Irabu .
WJosée, the Tiger and the Fish is a 1984 Japanese short story by author Seiko Tanabe. It was first published in the June 1984 issue of Monthly Kadokawa. It was later included alongside various stories in the short story collection Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, which was published on March 27, 1985 by Kadokawa Shoten. Yen Press have licensed the children's novel for an English release.
WThe psychiatrist Irabu series (精神科医・伊良部シリーズ) is a series of short stories by the Japanese writer Hideo Okuda which features the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Ichirō Irabu .
W"The Second Bakery Attack" is a short story by Haruki Murakami, originally published in the August 1985 issue of Marie Claire Japan. It is a sequel to Murakami's short story "Bakery Attack", which was published in 1981. In 1986, "The Second Bakery Attack" was included in a short story collection of the same name. The story was later translated into English by Jay Rubin and published in the January 1992 issue of Playboy. In 1993, Rubin's translation was included in the collection The Elephant Vanishes.
W"Takasebune" is a short story by the Japanese writer and illustrator Mori Ōgai, who is considered along with Natsume Sōseki to be one of the most important figures in modern Japanese literature. It is one of the author's best-known works. The plot concerns a boat that carried criminals from Kyoto to Osaka during the Edo period.