Ivan Morris

27 books

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan by Ivan Morris, Lady Sarashina

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan

Ivan Morris, Lady Sarashina

148 pages • first pub 1050 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath by Eileen Kato, Mitsuharu Inoue, John Bester, Koichi Nakagawa, Masuji Ibuse, Margaret Mitsutani, George Saito, Ivan Morris, Kyōko Hayashi, Shiloh Ann Shimura, Horoko Takenishi, Katsuzō Oda, Kenzaburō Ōe, Ineko Sata, Burton Watson, Frederick Uleman, David L. Swain, Yoko Ota, Tamiki Hara

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath

Eileen Kato, Mitsuharu Inoue, John Bester, Koichi Nakagawa, Masuji Ibuse, Margaret Mitsutani, George Saito, Ivan Morris, Kyōko Hayashi, Shiloh Ann Shimura, Horoko Takenishi, Katsuzō Oda, Kenzaburō Ōe, Ineko Sata, Burton Watson, Frederick Uleman, David L. Swain, Yoko Ota, Tamiki Hara

204 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Ivan Morris, Donald Keene, Yukio Mishima, Geoffrey Sargent, Edward G. Seidensticker

Death in Midsummer and Other Stories

Ivan Morris, Donald Keene, Yukio Mishima, Geoffrey Sargent, Edward G. Seidensticker

192 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective sad slow-paced
Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka

Fires on the Plain

Shohei Ooka

256 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark tense medium-paced
Modern Japanese Short Stories: Twenty-Five Stories by Japan's Leading Writers by Ivan Morris

Modern Japanese Short Stories: Twenty-Five Stories by Japan's Leading Writers

Ivan Morris

512 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology by Ivan Morris

Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology

Ivan Morris

512 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan by Ivan Morris

The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan

Ivan Morris

528 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon (Translations from the Asian Classics)

Sei Shōnagon

419 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction classics history informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Ivan Morris, Yukio Mishima

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Ivan Morris, Yukio Mishima

247 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan by Barbara Ruch, Ivan Morris

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

Barbara Ruch, Ivan Morris

337 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced