The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami

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Penguin
02 July 2018

Anthologies (non-poetry); Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami

This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Yuten Sawanishi's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Shin'ichi Hoshi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Curated by Jay Rubin, who has himself freshly translated several of the stories,

and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this book will be a revelation to its readers.

Introduction by: Haruki Murakami
Edited by: Jay Rubin
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 970g
ISBN: 9780141395623
ISBN 10: 0141395621
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 02 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Jay Rubin is an American translator and academic. He is the translator of several of Haruki Murakami's major works, including Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Natsume Soseki's The Miner and Sanshiro and Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. He is the author of Making Sense of Japanese, Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words and a novel, The Sun Gods. Haruki Murakami is one of Japan's most admired and widely read novelists. His most recent novel is Killing Commendatore.

Reviews for The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

A feast of literature, a smorgasbord of over 30 widely varied modern Japanese writers ... Each lodges itself in memory ... Penguin's new anthology is a literature lover's dream, page after page of memorable writing, stories that leave a lasting impression yet can be fully absorbed in one sitting -- Kris Kosaka * Japan Times * Brilliant, startling, a goldmine ... unfolds like an idiosyncratic mixtape, compiled with expert zeal by veteran translator Jay Rubin ... incredibly varied. Horror and mythology jostle with character comedies, domestic dramas and Proustian reveries ... it challenges notions of what translated literature should be -- Alex Dudok de Wit * Daily Telegraph *