{"product_id":"short-stories-in-japanese-isbn-9780143118336","title":"Short Stories in Japanese","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.\u003cb\u003eMichael Emmerich\u003c\/b\u003e (editor\/translator\/introducer) is an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has translated from Japanese more than a dozen books of both fiction and nonfiction, including Kawakami Hiromi’s \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e; Matsuura Rieko’s \u003ci\u003eThe Apprenticeship of Big Toe P;\u003c\/i\u003e Takahashi Gen’ichirō’s \u003ci\u003eSayonara, Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e; Yoshimoto Banana’s\u003ci\u003e Hardboiled \u0026amp; Hard Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Lid on the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoonlight Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Tsugumi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAsleep\u003c\/i\u003e; and Kawabata Yasunari’s \u003ci\u003eFirst Snow on Fuji\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Concerning the Sound of a Train Whistle in the Night \u003ci\u003eor \u003c\/i\u003eOn the Efficacy of Fiction” —Murakami Haruki (b. 1949), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A Little Darkness” —Yoshimoto Banana (b. 1964), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Genjitsu House” —Koike Msayo (b. 1959), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The Silent Traders” —Tsushima Yūko (b. 1947), translated by Geraldine Harcourt\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eMogera Wogura\u003c\/i\u003e” —Kawakami Hiromi (b. 1958), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The Maiden in the Manger” —Abe Kazushige (b. 1968), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Where the Bowling Pins Stand” —Ishii Shinji (b. 1966), translated by Michael Emmerich\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Love Suicide at Kamaara” —Yoshida Sueko (b. 1947), translated by Yukie Ohta\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Notes on Japanese Texts\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299734868197,"sku":"NP9780143118336","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143118336.jpg?v=1767736567","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/short-stories-in-japanese-isbn-9780143118336","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}