Full Description
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.
Contents
CONTENTS
The Peach Itō Threw Rots, and She Becomes a Beast Once Again
a chapter from The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Itō
Good Stories Originate in the Caves of Antiquity
Haruki Murakami in conversation with Mieko Kawakami
The Razor, a story by Naoya Shiga, with remarks by film director Hirokazu Koreeda
Fujito: Victims of War, from the modern Japanese translation of a Noh play by Seikō Itō
The Visitor, a graphic narrative by Jon Klassen. text by Yōko Ogawa
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FOOD A Monkey's Dozen
Something Sweet, a story by Hiroko Oyamada
Dinner at Mine, an essay by Tomoka Shibasaki
Sushi, a story by Kanoko Okamoto
The Heart of the Lunchbox, a graphic story by Satoshi Kitamura
Nori and Eggs for Breakfast, an essay by Kuniko Mukōda
Forest of the Ronpa, a story by Kyōhei Sakaguchi
Turtledoves, a story by Naoya Shiga
Seven Modern Poets on Food, selected and translated by Andrew Campana
The Goose, a story by Barry Yourgrau
Misaki, a story by Sachiko Kishimoto
Dissecting Misogyny, a story by Aoko Matsuda
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Counterfeiting García Márquez, a story by Hideo Furukawa
Simone + Reminiscing, vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami
A Tired Town, a story by Steven Millhauser
Five Prose Poems by Makoto Takayanagi
Finding Mother, an essay by Jeffrey Angles
Why hasn't this been translated?: Remarks from nine translators
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