Short Stories in Japanese

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 05/31/2011
ISBN: 9780143118336
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.77h x 5.15w x 0.73d