Ivan Morris

31 books

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

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

Lady Sarashina, Ivan Morris

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

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath

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

204 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories by Yukio Mishima

Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories

Yukio Mishima

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
Madly Singing in the Mountains: An Anthology of Arthur Waley by Ivan Morris

Madly Singing in the Mountains: An Anthology of Arthur Waley

Ivan Morris

404 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative slow-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 by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon

419 pages • first pub 1002 (editions)

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

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

304 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced