Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers1 free CD included - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 4770030584 ISBN 13: 9784770030580

Publisher: Kodansha USA, 2008

Synopsis

Read Real Japanese Fiction
Long-awaited by teachers and students, Read Real Japanese Fiction presents short works by six of todays most daring and provocative Japanese writers. The spellbinding world of Hiromi Kawakami

About this title

From the Back Cover:

* 6 short stories in vertical text with translations of all the complex passages
* Japanese-English dictionary for quick lookup, tailored to your needs
* Notes explain subtleties of nuance, usage, grammar, and culture
* Free CD with audio narrations performed by a professional actress
* Profiles of the individual writers place the stories in context

About the Author:

MICHAEL EMMERICH graduated from Princeton University. After completing research in Japanese literature studies at Ritsumeikan University in Tokyo, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in Japanese literature from Columbia University. He is the highly acclaimed translator of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s First Snow on Fuji; Banana Yoshimoto’s Asleep, Goodbye Tsugumi and Hardboiled & Hard Luck; Genichiro Takahashi’s Sayonara Gangsters; Mari Akasaka’s Vibrator; and Taichi Yamada’s In Search of a Distant Voice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kodansha USA
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 4770030584
• ISBN 13: 9784770030580
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Michael Emmerich