The Penguin book of Japanese short stories
By: introduced by Haruki Murakami ; edited and with notes by Jay Rubin
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9780141395623
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Translations into English; Japanese Short stories
Other titles: Japanese short stories
Description: "This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today... The Penguin Book of Japanese Short stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Curated by Jay Rubin, who has himself freshly translated several of the stories, and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this book will be a revelation to its readers."-Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxix-xliv).

Translated from the Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Japan and the West: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro / The story of Tomoda and Matsunaga (translated by Paul Warham); title: Nagai Kafu / Behind the prison (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Natsume Soseki / Sanshiro (translated by Jay Rubin) Loyal warriors: Mori Ogai / The last testament of Okitsu Yagoemon (translated by Richard Bowring); title: Mishima Yukio / Patriotism (translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent); title: Tsushima Yuko / Flames (translated by Geraldine Harcourt); title: Kono Taeko; title: In the box (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Nakagami Kenji / Remaining flowers (translated by Eve Zimmerman); title: Yoshimoto Banana / Bee honey (translated by Michael Emmerich); title: Ohba Minako / The smile of a mountain witch (translated by Noriko Mizuta; title: Enchi Fumiko / A bond for two lifetimes; title: Gleanings (translated by Phyllis Birnbaum) Nature and Memory: Abe Akira / Peaches (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Ogawa Yoko; title: The tale of the house of physics (translated by Ted Goossen); title: Kunikida Doppo / Unforgettable people (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Murakami Haruki / The 1963/1982 girl from Ipanema (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Shibata Motoyuki / Cambridge Circus (translated by Jay Rubin) Modern life and other nonsense: Uno Koji / Closet LLB (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Genji Keita / Mr English (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Betsuyaku Minoru / Factory town (translated by Royall Tyler); title: Kawakami Mieko / Dreams of love, etc. (translated by Hitomi Yoshio); title: Hoshi Shin'ichi / Shoulder-top secretary (translated by Jay Rubin) Dread: Akutagawa Ryunosuke / Hell screen (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Sawanishi Yuten / Filling up with sugar (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Uchida Hyakken / Kudan (translated by Rachel DiNitto) Disasters, natural and man-made: The Great kanto earthquake, 1923: Akutagawa Ryunosuke / The great earthquake and General Kim (translated by Jay Rubin) The atomic bombings, 1945: Ota Yoko / Hiroshima, City of doom (translated by Richard H. Minear); title: Seirai Yuichi / Insects (translated by Paul Warham) Post-war Japan: Kawabata Yasunari / The silver fifty-sen pieces (translated by Lane Dunlop); title: Nosaka Akiyuki / American Hijiki (translated by Jay Rubin); title: Hoshino Tomoyuki / Pink (translated by Brian Bergstrom) The Kobe earthquake, 1995: Murakami Haruki / UFO in Kushiro (translated by Jay Rubin) The Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, 2011: Saeki Kazumi / Weather-watching hill (translated by David Boyd); title: Matsuda Aoko / Planting (translated by Angus Turvill); title: Sato Yuya; title: Same as always (translated by Rachel DiNitto)