Columbia University Press

Eclipse

By Brent de Chene (trans.) - By Charles De Wolf (trans.) - By Keiichiro Hirano - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

Appearing for the first time in an English translation, Eclipse tells the story of a 15th-century Dominican friar whose quest for pre-Christian philosophy ...Read Review

Puppet Flower

By Ian Maxwell (trans.) - By Pao-fang Hsu (trans.) - By Tung-jung Chen (trans.) - By Yao-chang Chen - Published 2023

Genres:

Literary

In 1867, fourteen American shipwreck survivors reached the shores of southern Taiwan only to be slaughtered by indigenous people. The tale of the U....Read Review

Sachiko

By Shūsaku Endō - By Van C. Gessel (trans.) - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

Endō Shūsaku is enjoying a renaissance among readers worldwide. His best-known novel, Silence, was adapted into a feature film by acclaimed director ...Read Review

The Breaking Jewel

By Makato Oda - Published 2003

Genres:

LiteraryMilitary

Situated on a South Pacific Island during the latter days of World War II, this is an important story (translated by Donald Keene) ...Read Review

Nanjing 1937: A Love Story

By Ye Zhaoyan - Published 2003

Genres:

RomanceSaga

Love is a battlefield in Ye Zhaoyan’s tale, Nanjing 1937, one of China’s best-selling novels, now translated for English-speaking audiences. Society has ...Read Review