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• jger15 · Dec 23, 2018 · Recommends

  …Paolo Cognetti - The Executioner Weeps - Frederic Dard - The Invisibility Cloak - Ge Fei - The Midnight Fox - Betsy Byars - Ms Ice Sandwich - Mieko Kawakami - Such Small Hands - Andres Barba - The Thief - Fuminori Nakamura - Ties - Domenico Starnone - Trick - Domenico Starnone

  on “Ask HN: Favorite fiction books of 2018?” ↗
• Phelinofist · Sep 18, 2018 · Recommends

  As others have said Kawabata is great. Banana Yoshimoto too. Personally I really enjoyed Fuminori Nakamura, especially The Thief.

  on “Haruki Murakami Introduces the Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories” ↗
• leftyted · Sep 10, 2019 · Recommends

  …Manchette, who has written a few great crime novels. But, really, noir-tinged stuff is everywhere. I liked The City & The City (China Mieville, a police procedural with a fantasy twist) and I loved The Thief (Fuminori Nakamura). None of these are strictly speaking noir but they've descended from it. Noir from the 30s-50s has really held up, though. I was shocked when I read stuff like Pick-Up, They Shoot…

  on “Great Noir Lives and Dies On Dialogue” ↗
• jger15 · Dec 12, 2018 · Mentions

  …Chocky - John Wyndham Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata The Eight Mountains - Paolo Cognetti The Invisibility Cloak - Ge Fei The Midnight Fox - Betsy Byars Such Small Hands - Andres Barba The Thief - Fuminori Nakamura Ties - Domenico Starnone Trick - Domenico Starnone

  on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗