WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
By Michiko Aoyama Doubleday, August 10, 2023 HarperColins, September 5 , 2023 --KIRKUS REVIEWS |
THE BOY AND THE DOG
By Seishu Hase Viking Press (US), November 15, 2022 Simon & Schuster (UK), October 27, 2022 " ... capably translated by Watts " —--Publishers Weekly " ... chances are high the book will duplicate its Japanese acclaim as its audience expands around the world. " —--Carolyn Haley in New York Journal of Books |
FISH SWIMMING IN DAPPLED SUNLIGHT By Riku Onda Bitter Lemon Press, 1 July 2022 "Alison Watts ... deftly handles the clever reversals and shifting perspectives of this intricately layered novel" —-- The Japan Times ".. a dreamy, circuitous psychological thriller" —--The New York Times "This tour de force ... " —--Publishers Weekly "... Alison Watts' translation capturing with deft poise... " —— Laurence Green, The Japan Society |
THE AOSAWA MURDERS
By Riku Onda Bitter Lemon Press, 2020 "... brilliantly translated by Watts" —— Jennifer Reese, The New York Times Book Review |
SPARK
By Naoki Matayoshi Pushkin Press, 2020 "... a seamless translation by Alison Watts" ——Till Weingartner, The Times Literary Supplement |
SWEET BEAN PASTE
By Durian Sukegawa Oneworld Publications, 2017 "... delicately translated by Alison Watts" ——Iain Maloney, The Japan Times |