If you're really looking for some of the more modern ones, I can recommend Hiromi Kawakami and Yoko Ogawa. And if you like thrillers: Natsuo Kirino. Others that I have had on my list for a while but haven't read yet: Ryu Murakami, Hitomi Kanehara, Ito Ogawa and Miyuki Miyabe.
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Thanks for your opening post :) It's been a long time since I read anything by Kawabata. I'm more into more recent literature lately, but I really should pick up something by Kawabata again soon. How are you liking A thousand cranes?
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