Great Japanese Stories - 10 Parallel Texts
Author(s): Jay Rubin (Editor)
This hand-picked selection from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates the best literature to emerge from Japan since the twentieth century.From a surreal fairy tale to a heart-rending evocation of the aftermath of the atomic bomb, this vibrant collection provides unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners.
Includes works from beloved authors such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Haruki Murakami and more.
Product Information
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.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : 01 January 2024
- : 1.5 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jay Rubin (Editor)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 895.630108
- : 240
