New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan
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Book Overview
A "New York Times Book Review" Editor's Choice Born after Hiroshima, the writers in this dazzling collection of short stories represent the American debut of the best contemporary Japanese fiction. Inhabiting the exotic interstice between cultural traditionalism and high-tech futurism, the stories in this volume offer a rich portrait of the Japanese sensibility the zeitgeist that is transforming the way the rest of the world views itself. Sections include Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, A Callow Fellow of Jewish Descent by Masahiko Shimada, On Meeting My 100 Percent Woman One Fine April Morning by Haruki Murakami, Swallowtails by Shiina Mkoto, God Is Nowhere; God Is Now Here by Itoh Seikoh, X-Rated Blanket by Eimi Yamada, Yu-Hee by Yang Ji Lee, On a Moonless Night by Sei Takekawa, Living in a Maze by Kyoji Kobayashi, The Imitation of Leibniz by Genichiro Takahashi, The Unsinkable Molly Brown by Tamio Kageyama, and Wine by Mariko Hayashi."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0871135221
ISBN13:9780871135223
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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FABULOUS STORIES!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I just came across this book and it's the finest collection of Japanese stories I've ever read. I have only one question. When is the next collection coming out? I can't wait to read it!
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