September 14–20, 2026
Fiction that bears witness. Political prisoners, disappeared neighbours, the quiet violence of authoritarian states. Five novels that refuse to let history be rewritten.
A doomed love affair unfolds against Japan's transformation from empire to modern state — Mishima captures a world collapsing into itself, where private passion becomes an act of defiance against history's relentless march.
A young officer's final night before ritual suicide becomes Mishima's most unflinching meditation on loyalty, desire, and the body as political statement — beauty and devastation fused into a single, unbearable act.
by Yi Mun-yol
A sixth-grade tyrant rules through charm and terror — Yi's classroom becomes a chilling blueprint for how ordinary people enable authoritarianism, one small surrender at a time.
by Ryu Murakami
A North Korean occupation of Fukuoka becomes Ryu's savage thought experiment — what does it mean to live under siege when your own government cannot or will not act? Dark comedy as political testimony, asking uncomfortable questions about complicity and paralysis.