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After the Quakeby Haruki Murakami, Jay RubinISBN 0375713271 (0-375-71327-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the Quake'Book summary:Haruki Murakami, a writer both mystical and hip, is the West's favorite Japanese novelist. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Murakami lived abroad until 1995. That year, two disasters struck Japan: the lethal earthquake in Kobe and the deadly poison gas attacks in the Tokyo subway. Spurred by these tragic events, Murakami returned home. The stories in After the Quake are set in the months that fell between the earthquake and the subway attack, presenting a world marked by despair, hope, and a kind of human instinct for transformation. A teenage girl and a middle-aged man share a hobby of making beach bonfires; a businesswoman travels to Thailand and, quietly, confronts her own death; three friends act out a modern-day Tokyo version of Jules and Jim. There's a surreal element running through the collection in the form of unlikely frogs turning up in unlikely places. News of the earthquake hums throughout. The book opens with the dull buzz of disaster-watching: "Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at the crumbled banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stores in flames, severed rail lines and expressways." With language that's never self-consciously lyrical or show-offy, Murakami constructs stories as tight and beautiful as poems. There's no turning back for his people; there's only before and after the quake. --Claire Dederer [via]
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All About ParticlesISBN 4770015011 (4-7700-1501-1)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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All About Particlesby Naoko ChinoISBN 0870119540 (0-87011-954-0)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All About Particles'Book summary:This volume presents the most common particles, brought together and broken down into some 200 usages, with many sample sentences. The Power Japanese series presents a selection of guides to difficult or confusing aspects of the Japanese language. The student can find a quick reference to particles, a guide to the myriad levels of politeness, books of idioms, vocabulary builders, emotive expressions and turns of speech - all with natural examples. [via]
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Battle Royaleby Yuji Oniki, Koushun TakamiISBN 156931778X (1-56931-778-X)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Royale'Book summary:Synopsis: In a country ruled by a ruthless totalitarian government, a group of ninth-grade students are confined to a small isolated island, armed only with a map, some food, and various weapons, where they are forced wear special exploding collars and must fight each other for three days until only one survivor remains, as part of the ultimate in reality television. Original. [via]
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Battle Royale 1by Masayuki TaguchiISBN 1591823145 (1-59182-314-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Royale 1'Book summary:In the near future, a random class of 9th graders has been chosen to compete on The Program, a popular game show that requires its contestants to battle to the death on a top-secret island. Included in this class are Shuuya Nanahara, Noriko Nakagawa, Shogo Kawada, Kazuo Kiriyama, and Mitsuko Souma. Five students that couldn't be more different, yet now find themselves sharing a common plight. Abandoned, and with no hope of escape, they must kill each other and the rest of their class, until only one of them is left living. Unwilling to slaughter his fellow classmates for the amusement of others, Shuuya forms an alliance to fight back and deliver a counter-punch to the government that ruined their lives. However, he must be careful, for there are some students who are determined to "win" this cruel game. [via]
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Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chroniclesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta Fuentes, Jun'ichi MatsuuraISBN 8483101718 (84-8310-171-8)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles'Book summary:Tooru Okada, un joven japonés que acaba de dejar voluntariamente su trabajo en un bufete de abogados, recibe un buen día la llamada anónima de una mujer. A partir de ese momento la vida de Tooru, que había transcurrido por los cauces de la más absoluta normalidad, empieza a sufrir una extraña transformación. A su alrededor van apareciendo personajes cada vez más extraños, y la realidad, o lo real, va degradándose hasta convertirse en algo fantasmagórico.
The masterpiece of Japanese cult writer Haruki Murakami, the story of Tooru Okada, a young lawyer whose life begins to undergo a bizarre transformation. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle presents a collection of characters as surprising as they are real. [via]More editions of Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles:
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Dance, Dance, Danceby Alfred Birnbaum, Haruki MurakamiISBN 0679753796 (0-679-75379-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dance, Dance, Dance'Book summary:In this propulsive novel by the author of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Elephant Vanishes, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work in any language fuses science fiction, the hard-boiled thriller, and white-hot satire into a new element of the literary periodic table.
As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami's protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls; plays chaperone to a lovely teenaged psychic; and receives cryptic instructions from a shabby but oracular Sheep Man. Dance Dance Dance is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through the cultural Cuisinart that is contemporary Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. [via]More editions of Dance, Dance, Dance:
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Dance, Dance, Danceby Haruki Murakami, Alfred BirnbaumISBN 4770016832 (4-7700-1683-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dance, Dance, Dance'Book summary:He burst upon the international scene with the wildly acclaimed A Wild Sheep Chase. He quickly came to represent the quirky voice of a new generation of Japanese writers. Now Haruki Murakami gives us his wittiest, boldest, most daring work to date. Dance dance dance continues the extraordinary adventure of an ordinary man. At thirty something, Murakami's nameless hero lives in a hi-tech, high-rise world where old virtues die fast and success is all that matters. He has shared in the glittering city's spoils, and while he has not sold his soul, he knows that something is lacking in his life. Now, in dreams, a mysterious woman weeps softly - for him. Yet, even as he tries to understand why, the voice that beckons is not hers. And still he dreams. Bizarre dreams that propel him down byways of his life in search of ... ? His is a strange odyssey: en route, a thirteen-year-old girl, distressingly beautiful and clairvoyant, is his constant companion; a classmate, now oozing charm on TV soaps, grapples with murder; a lady of the night becomes his guardian angel; and an eccentric Sheep Man materializes to counsel and cajole. What's a fellow to do? Dance. You gotta dance as long as the music plays. And dance is what our hero does ... in the most unexpected ways! [via]
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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar: [Nihongo Kihon Bunpo Jiten]by Seiichi Makino, Michio TsutsuiISBN 4789004546 (4-7890-0454-6)
Hardcover, Japan Times
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar: [Nihongo Kihon Bunpo Jiten]'Book summary:A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar by Makino, Seiichi; Tsutsui, Michio [via]
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The Elephant Vanishesby Haruki MurakamiISBN 0679750533 (0-679-75053-3)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elephant Vanishes'Book summary:With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald's in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard.
By turns haunting and hilarious, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities -- and to come back bearing treasure.
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Golden/GeishaISBN 2253117951 (2-253-11795-1)
Hardcover, Librairie Generale Francaise, LGF
Find This BookBook summary:604pages. poche. broché. [via]
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Guide to Reading and Writing Japaneseby Florence SakadeISBN 0804802262 (0-8048-0226-2)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub
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Guide to Remembering Japanese Charactersby Kenneth G. HenshallISBN 0804820384 (0-8048-2038-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters'Book summary:A one-of-a-kind kanji study guide that introduces joyo kanji along with detailed, authentic notes about the historical development of each. As useful as it is fascinating, it's a book any new or aspiring scholar of Japanese will visit over and over.
In clear, large-sized entires, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters details each of the General Use Characters In clear, large-sized entires, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters details each of the General Use Charactersthe 1,945 characters prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education for everyday use. Both Japanese readings and English meanings are given, along with stroke-count and stroke-order, examples of usage, and suggestions for memorizing. The components of each character are detailed. The kanji are graded according to Ministry of Education guidelines, allowing the student to prioritize them and track progress.
Comprehensive and clear, A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters makes Japanese writing accessible to everyone. [via]
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The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldby Haruki Murakami, Alfred BirnbaumISBN 0679743464 (0-679-74346-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'Book summary:By the author of "A Wild Sheep Chase", which won the Noma Literary Award for New Writers, this novel combines science-fiction, satire and a warning of the dangerous powers of corporations. [via]
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- The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: ISBN 0241131448 (0-241-13144-8)
Hardcover, Hamish Hamilton - The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: ISBN 4770015445 (4-7700-1544-5)
Hardcover, Kodansha International - The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: ISBN 0679743464 (0-679-74346-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: ISBN 0241131448 (0-241-13144-8)
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Kafka On The Shoreby Haruki Murakami, J. Philip Gabriel, Philip GabrielISBN 1400079276 (1-4000-7927-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kafka on the Shore'Book summary:With Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which has been acclaimed both here and around the world for its uncommon ambition and achievement, and whose still-growing popularity suggests that it will be read and admired for decades to come.
This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddleyet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.
Extravagant in its accomplishment, Kafka on the Shore displays one of the worlds truly great storytellers at the height of his powers. [via] -
Kanji & Kana: A Handbook of the Japanese Writing Systemby Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark SpahnISBN 0804820775 (0-8048-2077-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kanji & Kana: A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System'Book summary:Since 1981, Japanese Kanji & Kana by Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn has been one of the most trusted and popular study guides for beginning and intermediate students of Japanese. This revised edition not only covers the current 1,945 joyo kanji, it also provides a comprehensive overview of the Japanese kanji and kana writing system, including writing, usage, punctuation, and how to use kanji dictionaries. Indexes allow for kanji look-up by pronunciation, radical, and stroke order. A unique feature is a jinmeiyo kanji list covering characters frequently used in personal names but seldom taught in class. Each entry includes on and kun readings, English translations, stroke order, and example vocabulary.[via]More editions of Kanji & Kana: A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System:
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Kanji and Kana: A Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing Systemby Wolfgang HadamitzkyISBN 0804813736 (0-8048-1373-6)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kanji and Kana: A Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System'Book summary:This book is a uniquely comprehensive and systematic guide to the reading and writing of the Japanese language. Suitable for both home and class, it provides all the information needed for a mastery of the basic characters (kanji) and the syllabaries (kana). Through the study of written Japanese will always require time and effort, this book has been designed to help the student achieve fluency more quickly and effectively than ever before.
The first part consists of a general introduction to the Japanese writing system, which will be of interest to travelers, linguists, and others in addition to serious students of the language. Among the topics discussed are the history, form, orthography, usage, reading, and writing of kanji an dkana, as well as punctuation, romanization, and how to use Japanese reference books. Numerous examples and tables are included to aid understanding.
There follow conveniently arranged listings of all 1,945 basic characters, along with their most important readings and definitions. Up to five compounds are given for each kanji, using only kanji that have been introduced earlier, with a cross-reference number to the main entry for each. Most kanji are presented in brush, pen and printed forms, with the stroke order clearly indicated. Each kanji is cross-referenced to 'The Mdoern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary' by Andrew N. Nelson.
The Kanji are fully indexed by on-kun readings, by stroke count, and by radicals, making it possible to use the book as a concise character dictionary. [via]More editions of Kanji and Kana: A Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System:
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Kitchenby Banana Yoshimoto, Megan BackusISBN 0671880187 (0-671-88018-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kitchen'Book summary:Two stories, "Kitchen" and "Moonlight Shadow," told through the eyes of a pair of contemporary young Japanese women, deal with the themes of mothers, love, transsexuality, kitchens, and tragedy. Reprint. NYT. [via]
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Kitchenby Alan Ayckbourn, Megan BackusISBN 0802142443 (0-8021-4244-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kitchen'Book summary:With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother who is really his cross-dressing father Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, "Kitchen" and its companion story, "Moonlight Shadow," are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul. [via]
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:The first thing you notice about the audio version of Memoirs of a Geisha is that Arthur Golden's 428-page novel has been reduced to a scant two cassettes. But dismay quickly gives way to mounting pleasure as Elaina Erika Davis (Contact, As the World Turns) begins her delicate rendering of geisha culture in the years before World War II. Davis reads the abbreviated story of Sayuri with an authentic-sounding Japanese accent--one mixed with a magical combination of Asian reserve and theatrical energy. As Sayuri ages from a 9-year-old peasant girl to a popular geisha in her late 20s, Davis directs her voice gently away from curious youth to a tone that reflects Sayuri's uphill life.
From start to finish, the listener is absorbed in the elegant spirit of Davis's performance, eager to hear the next chapter of Sayuri's transformation into one of the most famous geishas of the century. How unfortunate, then, to learn that book readers not only get the basic story, but a fascinating look at the intricate rules and rituals of geisha culture. Here, for example, is one of the many revelations omitted from the cassette: "Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs.... In fact, a geisha leaves a tiny margin of skin bare all around the hairline, causing her makeup to look even more artificial.... When a man sits beside her, he becomes that much more aware of the bare skin beneath."
We're also denied several subplots--the aborted friendship between Sayuri and a geisha named Pumpkin, for example, or much of the story involving the man Sayuri is secretly in love with. But what remains is as precious as a traditional Japanese kimono--at once artistic, suggestive, and moving. --Ann Senechal [via]
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- Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0307275167 (0-307-27516-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0679781587 (0-679-78158-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0739326872 (0-7393-2687-2)
Softcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0375400117 (0-375-40011-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0739326228 (0-7393-2622-8)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 037570440X (0-375-70440-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0606222049 (0-606-22204-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0783801459 (0-7838-0145-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
- Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0307275167 (0-307-27516-7)
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Memoirs of a Geisha: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Piano Soloby John WilliamsISBN 1423412206 (1-4234-1220-6)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Piano Solo'Book summary:(Piano Solo Songbook). Six instrumental themes by John Williams from this Oscar-winning film, arranged for piano solo. Includes: As the Water * Becoming a Geisha * The Chairman's Waltz * Going to School * Sayuri's Theme * Sayuri's Theme and End Credits. [via]
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Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur Golden, Pilar VazquezISBN 0307275302 (0-307-27530-2)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:En Memorias de una geisha, Arthur Golden abre una ventana al misterioso mundo del erotismo en Japón y describe con fidelidad la delicada fortaleza de la cultura de las geishas de Kioto a lo largo del siglo. [via]
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Noruwei No Moriby Haruki MurakamiISBN 4062035162 (4-06-203516-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Noruwei No Mori'Book summary:Noruwei no mori, Vol. 2 (Japanese Edition) by Murakami, Haruki [via]
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Norwegian Woodby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860468004 (1-86046-800-4)
Softcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norwegian Wood'Book summary:In 1987, when Norwegian Wood was first published in Japan, it promptly sold more than 4 million copies and transformed Haruki Murakami into a pop-culture icon. The horrified author fled his native land for Europe and the United States, returning only in 1995, by which time the celebrity spotlight had found some fresher targets. And now he's finally authorized a translation for the English-speaking audience, turning to the estimable Jay Rubin, who did a fine job with his big-canvas production The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Readers of Murakami's later work will discover an affecting if atypical novel, and while the author himself has denied the book's autobiographical import--"If I had simply written the literal truth of my own life, the novel would have been no more than fifteen pages long"--it's hard not to read as at least a partial portrait of the artist as a young man.
Norwegian Wood is a simple coming-of-age tale, primarily set in 1969-70, when the author was attending university. The political upheavals and student strikes of the period form the novel's backdrop. But the focus here is the young Watanabe's love affairs, and the pain and pleasure and attendant losses of growing up. The collapse of a romance (and this is one among many!) leaves him in a metaphysical shambles:
I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes. I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. Like the wind passing over my body, it had neither shape nor weight, nor could I wrap myself in it.
This account of a young man's sentimental education sometimes reads like a cross between Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women. It is less complex and perhaps ultimately less satisfying than Murakami's other, more allegorical work. Still, Norwegian Wood captures the huge expectation of youth--and of this particular time in history--for the future and for the place of love in it. It is also a work saturated with sadness, an emotion that can sometimes cripple a novel but which here merely underscores its youthful poignancy. --Mark Thwaite [via] -
The Pillow Bookby Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinneyISBN 0140448063 (0-14-044806-3)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pillow Book'Book summary:The classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan[via]
Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon provides a witty and intimate window on a woman's life at court in classical Japan.More editions of The Pillow Book:
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagonby Sei Shonagon, Arthur WaleyISBN 1417900695 (1-4179-0069-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon'Book summary:The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is an immensely detailed account of court life in eleventh-century Japan. Written at the height of Heian culture, it is a classic text of great literary beauty, full of lively anecdotes, humorous observations, and subtle impressions. Sei Shonagon was a contemporary and erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the court life that Lady Shonagon captures so vividly in her diary. The Pillow Book contains her reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, pilgrimage, conversation, and poetry. Lady Shonagon shares character sketches and the things she both loves and loathes. Her style is so eloquent, her wit so sharp, even the briefest fragments enchant us. There is no better introduction to the daily preoccupations of the Heian upper class, and Ivan Morris's notes and contextualization enrich the material for scholars and general readers.
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- The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: ISBN 0231073372 (0-231-07337-2)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: ISBN 0140442367 (0-14-044236-7)
Hardcover, Penguin - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: ISBN 0231073364 (0-231-07336-4)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: ISBN 1417900695 (1-4179-0069-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
- The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: ISBN 0231073372 (0-231-07337-2)
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Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionaryby Seigo NakaoISBN 034540548X (0-345-40548-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'Book summary:This dictionary is designed for non-native speakers of Japanese, perfect for business people and students. There are over 50,000 entries, including the most common meanings. Japanese terms are shown in romanized Japanese and standard Japanese characters. The romanized entries are listed in alphabetical order, so no knowledge of Japanese is required. [via]
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Ringby Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne WalleyISBN 1932234411 (1-932234-41-1)
Softcover, Vertical Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ring'Book summary:A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.
Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.
The success of Koji Suzuki's novel the Ring has lead to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. [via] -
South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860465943 (1-86046-594-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South of the Border, West of the Sun'Book summary:In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:
When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
Murakami eschews the fantastic elements that appear in many of his other novels and stories, and readers hoping for a glimpse of the Sheep Man will be disappointed. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. It is above all a complex, moving, and honest meditation on the nature of love, distilled into a work with the crystal clarity of a short story. A Nat "King" Cole song, a figure on a crowded street, a face pressed against a car window, a handful of ashes drifting down a river to the sea are woven together into a story that refuses to arrive at a simple conclusion. The classic love triangle may seem like a hackneyed theme for a writer as talented as Murakami, but in his quietly dazzling way, he bends us to his own unique geometry. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of South of the Border, West of the Sun:
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Spring Snowby Yukio MishimaISBN 0679722416 (0-679-72241-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spring Snow'Book summary:Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial familes, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Satoko, observed from the sidelines by his devoted friend Honda. When Satoko is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion. [via]
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Sputnik Sweetheartby Haruki Murakami, J. Philip Gabriel, Philip GabrielISBN 0375726055 (0-375-72605-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sputnik Sweetheart'Book summary:Sputnik Sweetheart finds Haruki Murakami in his minimalist mode. Shorter than the sweeping Wind-up Bird Chronicle, less playfully bizarre than A Wild Sheep Chase, the author's seventh novel distills his signature themes into a powerful story about the loneliness of the human condition. "There was nothing solid we could depend on," the reader is told. "We were nearly boundless zeros, just pitiful little beings swept from one kind of oblivion to another."
The narrator is a teacher whose only close friend is Sumire, an aspiring young novelist with chronic writer's block. Sumire is suddenly smitten with a sophisticated businesswoman and accompanies her love object to Europe where, on a tiny Greek island, she disappears "like smoke." The schoolteacher hastens to the island in search of his friend. And there he discovers two documents on her computer, one of which reveals a chilling secret about Sumire's lover.
Sputnik Sweetheart is a melancholy love story, and its deceptively simple prose is saturated with sadness. Characters struggle to connect with one another but never quite succeed. Like the satellite of the title they are essentially alone. And by toning down the pyrotechnics of his earlier work, Murakami has created a world that is simultaneously mundane and disturbing--where doppelgängers and vanishing cats produce a pervasive atmosphere of alienation, and identity itself seems like a terribly fragile thing. --Simon Leake [via]
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The Tale Of Genjiby Murasaki Shikibu, Royall TylerISBN 014243714X (0-14-243714-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:NA [via]
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Softcover, Random House Inc - The Tale Of Genji: ISBN 0486414159 (0-486-41415-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Tale of Genji: ISBN 0679729534 (0-679-72953-4)
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Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Tale Of Genji: ISBN 0679417389 (0-679-41738-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Tale Of Genji: ISBN 0394729218 (0-394-72921-8)
Softcover, Vintage Books - The Tale Of Genji: ISBN 004823012X (0-04-823012-X)
Hardcover, Allen and Unwin - The Tale Of Genji: ISBN 0048231096 (0-04-823109-6)
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The Tale Of Genjiby Royall Tyler, Murasaki ShikibuISBN 0143039490 (0-14-303949-0)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:In the tradition of Robert Fagles's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Viking presents a stunning translation of Lady Murasaki's exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan. Written in the eleventh century, The Tale of Genji is widely celebrated as the world's first novel, but as Donald Keene has observed, it is also "one of its greatest." Genji the Shining Prince, the son of an emperor, is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Throughout, The Tale of Genji offers a lively and well-rounded glimpse of golden age Japan with a cast of characters as richly conceived and nuanced as those of Proust. Royall Tyler's superb translation, detailed and poetic, is scrupulously true to the Japanese original but appeals immediately to the modern reader as well. Tyler includes detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies to help the reader navigate the multigenerational narrative and its references. Magnificently packaged in a two-volume set with a slipcase, this is a literary event comparable to Seamus Heaney's bestselling translation of Beowulf. It will spark interest in this masterpiece of world literature and serve as the standard edition for many years to come.
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Tale of Genjiby Donald Keene, Murasaki Shikubu, Masayuki Miyata, H. MacK Horton, Setouchi JakuchoISBN 4770027729 (4-7700-2772-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tale of Genji'Book summary:A lushly illustrated edition of a world classic
The third in this series of illustrated Japanese classics, The Tale of Genji again combines Miyata's captivating paper cut-outs with a modern retelling of a vintage story. This well-known tale of the amorous adventures of Prince Genji is widely considered world literature's first novel, and with its precise and poetic prose, it is also considered one of its finest.
Written with precision by a lady of the Japanese court, Genji's Don Juan-like clandestine rendezvous with lovers in their perfumed boudoirs or on mossy moonlit garden paths, continues to intrigue lovers of literature. What sets Genji apart from the typically carefree playboy is the intensity of his emotional attachment for each of his lovers. Long after an affair has ended, Genji continues to cherish the encounter. His is an age-old tale, as well as a poignant and brilliant portrait of Japan's ancient court life. [via]More editions of Tale of Genji:
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The Tale Of Genjiby Kencho Suematsu, Murasaki ShikibuISBN 0804832560 (0-8048-3256-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:This biographical novel centers around the amorous exploits of Prince Hikaru Genji, whose elegance and talent epitomized the values of Heian Japan, an era in which indigenous Japanese culture still held prominence over the Chinese culture that would come to dominate Japan. [via]
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The Tale of Genjiby Shikibu Murasaki, Arthur WaleyISBN 0679424679 (0-679-42467-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale of Genji'Book summary:One of the world's oldest novels and the greatest single work of Japanese literature, this 11th-century romance centers on the lives and loves of an emperor's son. It offers a vast tapestry of the intrigues and rivalries of court life, as well as an exquisitely detailed portrayal of a decaying aristocracy.[via]More editions of The Tale of Genji:
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Tale of Genji-Oneby L. MurasakiISBN 038509275X (0-385-09275-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tale of Genji-One'Book summary:brilliant account of courtly life in medieval Japan, [via]
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A Wild Sheep Chaseby Haruki Murakami, Alfred T. BirnbaumISBN 0870119052 (0-87011-905-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wild Sheep Chase'Book summary:Murakami has crafted a taut and suspenseful novel that is equal parts detective story, fantasy, and Kafkaesque allegory. In a Japan of the imagination, an advertising executive is sent on a harrowing journey in pursuit of a mythical sheep reported to embody an irresistible will to absolute power. [via]
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A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Editionby Alfred Birnbaum, Haruki MurakamiISBN 037571894X (0-375-71894-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Edition'Book summary:A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakamis international reputation.
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance companys advertisement. What he doesnt realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our hero from the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best. [via]More editions of A Wild Sheep Chase: Library Edition:
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860464696 (1-86046-469-6)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'Book summary:Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.
Haruki Murakami is a master of subtly disturbing prose. Mundane events throb with menace, while the bizarre is accepted without comment. Meaning always seems to be just out of reach, for the reader as well as for the characters, yet one is drawn inexorably into a mystery that may have no solution. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an extended meditation on themes that appear throughout Murakami's earlier work. The tropes of popular culture, movies, music, detective stories, combine to create a work that explores both the surface and the hidden depths of Japanese society at the end of the 20th century.
If it were possible to isolate one theme in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, that theme would be responsibility. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China keep rising to the surface like a repressed memory, and Toru Okada himself is compelled by events to take responsibility for his actions and struggle with his essentially passive nature. If Toru is supposed to be a Japanese Everyman, steeped as he is in Western popular culture and ignorant of the secret history of his own nation, this novel paints a bleak picture. Like the winding up of the titular bird, Murakami slowly twists the gossamer threads of his story into something of considerable weight. --Simon Leake [via]
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Softcover, Harvill Pr - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: ISBN 0679775439 (0-679-77543-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: ISBN 0679446699 (0-679-44669-9)
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The Woman in the Dunesby Kobo AbeISBN 0679733787 (0-679-73378-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in the Dunes'Book summary:This beautiful novel by one of Japan's most important writers is also one of the most strangely terrifying and memorable books you'll ever read. The Woman in the Dunes is the story of an amateur entomologist who wanders alone into a remote seaside village in pursuit of a rare beetle he wants to add to his collection. But the townspeople take him prisoner. They lower him into the sand-pit home of a young widow, a pariah in the poor community, who the villagers have condemned to a life of shoveling back the ever-encroaching dunes that threaten to bury the town. An amazing book. [via]
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Al Sur De La Frontera, Al Oeste Del Sol / South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes PortaISBN 8483102501 (84-8310-250-1)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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Battle Royale 1by Kohushun TakamiISBN 987562117X (987-562-117-X)
Softcover, Editorial Ivrea
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Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur Golden, Pilar VazquezISBN 0307275310 (0-307-27531-0)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:Poco antes de su muerte, Sayuri, una anciana japonesa afincada en Nueva York, cuenta la historia de su vida a un joven amigo americano. El poder de seducción de la voz narrativa de esta geisha legendaria transporta al lector a un Japón de entre guerras, lleno todavía de ecos feudales, y a una de las tradiciones japonesas que más curiosidad inspiran en el mundo occidental: la de la geisha, una peculiar práctica cultural a la que están ligadas artes tales como la seducción, la danza, la pintura o la clásica ceremonia del té. [via]
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Sputnik, Mi Amor / Sputnik, Sweetheartby Haruki MurakamiISBN 8483102161 (84-8310-216-1)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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The Ringby Koji SuzukiISBN 8439710356 (84-397-1035-6)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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Tokio Bluesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta FuentesISBN 8483103079 (84-8310-307-9)
Softcover, Tusquets USA Pub
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All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Wordsby Naoko ChinoISBN 4770027818 (4-7700-2781-8)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words'Book summary:Students of Japanese are familiar with the term "particle," and realize that they, like English prepositions, require a special effort to master. This handbook provides all the information one would need on these tricky units of grammar.
All About Particles covers more than 70 particles those that are used regularly as well as those used less frequently in more than 200 uses. The book can be approached as a guiding textbook and studied from beginning to end. It is as a reference book, however, that All About Particles shines. It is light and easy to carry, slim enough to fit into the corner of a shoulder bag, and concise enough to quickly clarify particle-related questions. It is a priceless tool for any serious student of Japanese. [via]More editions of All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words:
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Breaking into Japanese Literatureby Giles MurrayISBN 4770028997 (4-7700-2899-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breaking into Japanese Literature'Book summary:Reading great books in the original should be the culmination of language study, but reading Japanese literature unassisted is a daunting task that can defeat even the most able of students. Breaking into Japanese Literature is specially designed to help you bypass all the frustration and actually enjoy classics of Japanese literature.
Breaking into Japanese Literature features seven graded stories covering a variety of genres: whether it's the spellbinding surrealism of Natsume Soseki's Ten Nights of Dreams, the humor of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's fable of temple life ("The Nose"), or the excitement of his historic thrillers ("In a Grove" and "Rashomon"), you are sure to find a story that appeals to you in this collection.
The unique layout-with the original Japanese story in large print, an easy-to-follow English translation and a custom dictionary-was created for maximum clarity and ease of use. There's no need to spend time consulting reference books when everything you need to know is right there in front of your nose.
To make Japanese literature fun, Breaking into Japanese Literature also has some unique extra features: mini-biographies to tell you about the authors' lives and works, individual story prefaces to alert you to related works of literature or film, and original illustrations to fire your imagination. Best of all, MP3 sound files of all the stories have been made available for FREE on the Internet.
Breaking into Japanese Literature provides all the backup you need to break through to a new and undiscovered world-the world of great Japanese fiction. All the hard work has been taken care of so you can enjoy the pleasures of the mind. Why not take advantage?
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o 50% of all common-use kanji covered
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All the stories in this book are available on the Internet as MP3 sound files read by professional Japanese actors.
For students who want to consolidate their understanding of kanji, the entry numbers for any of the 2,230 characters in The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary have been provided when those characters feature in Breaking into Japanese Literature. This makes cross-referencing a matter of seconds. [via]More editions of Breaking into Japanese Literature:
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Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1by Japan TimesISBN 4789009637 (4-7890-0963-7)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1'Book summary:This is a widely used textbook for beginning Japanese covering the four basic skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking. Genki I covers lessons 1 to 12. Japanese/English. [via]
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Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Iby Yutaka Ohno, Eri BannoISBN 4789010015 (4-7890-1001-5)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I'Book summary:Supplementary learning material for textbook Genki I - Beginner's Japanese, including grammar practices and the Chinese characters (Kanji). Japanese/English. [via]
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Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionaryby Seigo NakaoISBN 0679441492 (0-679-44149-2)
Hardcover, Random House Information Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'Book summary:This dictionary is designed for non-native speakers of Japanese, perfect for business people and students. There are over 50,000 entries, including the most common meanings. Japanese terms are shown in romanized Japanese and standard Japanese characters. The romanized entries are listed in alphabetical order, so no knowledge of Japanese is required. [via]
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Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 225314794X (2-253-14794-X)
Softcover, Le Livre de poche
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geisha'Book summary:574pages. poche. broché. A neuf ans, dans le Japon d'avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Sayuri est vendue par son père, un modeste pêcheur, à une maison de plaisir de Kyoto. Dotée d'extraordinaires yeux bleus, la petite fille comprend vite qu'il faut mettre à profit la chance qui est la sienne. Elle se plie avec docilité à l'initiation difficile qui en fera une vraie geisha. Art de la toilette et de la coiffure, rituel du thé, science du chant, de la danse et de l'amour: Sayuri va peu à peu se hisser au rang des geishas les plus convoitées de la ville. Les riches, les puissants se disputeront ses faveurs. Elle triomphera des pièges que lui tend la haine d'une rivale. Elle rencontrera finalement l'amour. Ecrit sous la forme de mémoires, ce récit a la véracité d'un exceptionnel document et le souffle d'un grand roman. Il nous entraîne au coeur d'un univers exotique où se mêlent érotisme et perversité, cruauté et raffinement, séduction et mystère. [via]
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Die Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 3442726328 (3-442-72632-8)
Softcover
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Die Geisha'Book summary:Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter wird Chiyo in ein Geisha-Haus verkauft. Nachleidvollen Lehrjahren wird sie die begehrteste und mächtigste von allenGeishas. Doch ihr Traum vom privaten Glück erfüllt sich erst nach dem Untergangder alten Geisha-Kultur. [via]
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