Monkey: New Writing from Japan (1) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0997248068 ISBN 13 : 9780997248067

Editeur : Stone Bridge Press, 2021

Synopsis

For readers who love Haruki Murakami and want to be introduced to other exciting contemporary Japanese writers, especially women writers.

MONKEY New Writing from Japan showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. This first issue celebrates food and was published during the first year of the pandemic. It includes short fiction and poetry by writers such as Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Hideo Furukawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and Kyohei Sakaguchi; new translations of modern classics; graphic narratives by Satoshi Kitamura and Jon Klassen; and contributions from American writers such as Steven Millhauser and Barry Yourgrau.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

TED GOOSSEN teaches Japanese literature and film at York University in Toronto. He is the editor of The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories. He translated Haruki Murakami's Wind/Pinball and The Strange Library, and co-translated (with Philip Gabriel) Men Without Women and Killing Commendatore. His translations of Hiromi Kawakami's People from My Neighbourhood (Granta Books) and Naoya Shiga's Reconciliation (Canongate) were published in 2020.
MOTOYUKI SHIBATA translates American literature and runs the Japanese literary journal MONKEY. He has translated Paul Auster, Rebecca Brown, Stuart Dybek, Steve Erickson, Brian Evenson, Laird Hunt, Kelly Link, Steven Millhauser, and Richard Powers, among others. His translation of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a bestseller in Japan in 2018. Among his recent translations is Eric McCormack's Cloud.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stone Bridge Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997248068
• ISBN 13: 9780997248067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Éditeur: Goossen Ted, Shibata Motoyuki
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible