Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text

Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text

<b>A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time</b><br>  <br> 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.<br>  <br> 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.<br>  <br> Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.