Novels set in Japan

number9dream is the second novel by English author David Mitchell. Set in Japan, the 2001 novel narrates 19-year-old Eiji Miyake's search for his father, whom he has never met. Told in the first person by Eiji, it is a coming of age and perception story that breaks convention by juxtaposing Eiji Miyake's actual journey toward identity and understanding with his imaginative journey. The novel employs eclectic narrations in each chapter.

2010 novel by David Mitchell

1980 novel by Shūsaku Endō

1984 novel by Kōbō Abe

novel by Raymond Benson

novel by Natsume Sōseki

novel by Andrew Sean Greer

novel by Kenzaburō Ōe

novel by Ryōtarō Shiba

2007 film

novel by Lian Hearn

is a 1909 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki. It is the second part of a trilogy, preceded by Sanshirō (1908) and followed by The Gate (1910). thumb | right | Part of the manuscripts of "And Then" ==Plot== The novel starts with Daisuke, the protagonist, waking up and staring at the ceiling, his hand feeling for his heartbeat. He is the son of a wealthy family and has graduated from a prestigious university, but despite graduating, he is now thirty years old and unemployed, depending on his father's wealth.

1966 novel by Sawako Ariyoshi

novel by Junichiro Tanizaki

1985 novella by Roger Zelazny