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Author Signing!

Vertical — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:00:18 +0000

This Tuesday, May 13, Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City will be hosting a signing for Nobuko Takagi, author of Translucent Tree. An amaranthine love affair written for the modern day romantic, Translucent Tree was released in stores May 6th. Alive with sexual exploration, Nobuko Takagi’s prose is the perfect by-the-beach romance novel. For all of you who did not get your copy of the book, here is your chance to get the book and an autograph from the author!

The signing will be held from 5PM to 7PM at Kinokuniya Bookstore, directly across from Bryant Park, between 40th and 41st St..

Kinokuniya Bookstore
1073 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10018
Tel: (212)869-1700

A Sizzling Start to Summer

Vertical — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:01:22 +0000

Today marks the release of Nobuko Takagi’s English debut with her novel Translucent Tree. Obsessed with a memory of a young girl, Go returns to the place where his career started 25 years earlier and seeks out the girl, now a single mother. A chance reunion turns into a torrid love affair, each enraptured by an irrepressible yearning for one another. Rich in description and alive with sexual tension, each page is juicier than the last. So, curl up on your couch, relax on the beach, or settle into your hammock and enjoy this early summer sizzler—guaranteed to please!

Click here to read a free preview.

Epic Romance Takes Root

Vertical — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:00:44 +0000

Nobuko Takagi’s transcendent love story Translucent Tree arrives at bookstores in April, but fans of epic romance can sample the passion now with the first chapter, free of charge. In the tradition of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair, Marguerite Duras’s The Lover, and the works of D.H. Lawrence, this story of a single-parent divorcée rediscovering love in a little town in rural Japan will touch your soul. Drink in the preview and reserve your copy today.