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Butter author Asako Yuzuki: ‘I’m very far from the ideal Japanese woman’

Butter, her novel about a female serial killer, was a global hit. As Asako Yuzuki’s second book is published in English, she talks about criticism at home – and why she’ll be writing darker stories in the future

The Guardian - UK

Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans

The Guardian - UK

Mieko Kawakami: ‘Franz Kafka is my comfort read’

The Japanese author on the humour of Kurt Vonnegut, the joys of James Joyce and translating Beatrix Potter

The Guardian - UK

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The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin review – sleepless in Tokyo

A young woman spends an insomniac summer visiting her Korean grandparents, in the atmospheric second novel from an exceptional writer

The Guardian - UK

International Booker prize shortlist delivers ‘awe and exhilaration’

The final contenders for the £50,000 prize for translated fiction – five out of six by women – could see Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk win a second time

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