Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories By Contemporary Writers 1 Free Cd Included
- 256 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
Accompanying CD-ROM contains audio narrations of the stories.
Michael Emmerich Libros
Michael Emmerich es un destacado erudito de la literatura japonesa, con intereses que abarcan desde la prosa y la poesía clásicas del período Heian hasta la ficción contemporánea. Su compromiso con las obras literarias se caracteriza por una sensibilidad hacia las formas materiales y visuales de la escritura y una profunda comprensión de los estudios de traducción. Emmerich explora cómo las traducciones de obras seminales moldean su percepción como literatura tanto nacional como mundial. Su investigación también profundiza en el propio concepto de traducción en relación con Japón y sus diversas formas lingüísticas.
The Lake
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
The Lake showcases Banana Yoshimoto's signature vivid characters and nuanced prose while delving into darker themes. It follows a young woman in Tokyo who, after her mother's death, develops a romance with a man haunted by childhood trauma linked to a bizarre cult. Their journey leads to hope and healing by a serene lake.
Manazuru
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
Kei, who was left alone to raise her daughter after her husband disappeared twelve years ago, finds herself drawn to the seaside town of Manazuru, a place where she tries to unlock memories from her past.
New penguin parallel text : short stories in Japanese
- 250 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
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.
