Short Stories in Japanese

By Hiromi Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto, et al.

Book Overview

A dual-language edition of Japanese stories--many appearing in English for the first time

This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.

The stories--many of which appear here in English for the first time--are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of Japanese fiction over the past few decades in a collection that is equally rewarding for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of English or Japanese.

Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143118331
• ISBN13: 9780143118336
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher