A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works.

It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa Murakami Mishima Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'
Ranging over myth horror love nature modern life a diabolical painting a cow with a human face and a woman who turns into sugar The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear charm beauty and comedy.Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami|Jay Rubin is an American translator and academic
He is the translator of several of Haruki Murakami's major works, including Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Natsume Soseki's The Miner and Sanshiro and Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
He is the author of Making Sense of Japanese, Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words and a novel, The Sun Gods.Haruki Murakami is one of Japan's most admired and widely read novelists
His most recent novel is Killing Commendatore.|Brilliant, startling, a goldmine ..
unfolds like an idiosyncratic mixtape, compiled with expert zeal by veteran translator Jay Rubin ..
incredibly varied
Horror and mythology jostle with character comedies, domestic dramas and Proustian reveries ..
it challenges notions of what translated literature should be|A feast of literature, a smorgasbord of over 30 widely varied modern Japanese writers ..
Each lodges itself in memory ..
Penguin's new anthology is a literature lover's dream, page after page of memorable writing, stories that leave a lasting impression yet can be fully absorbed in one sitting|An exhilarating glimpse into Japanese literature|A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works
It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'
Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow with a human face and a woman who turns into sugar, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy
Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa Murakami Mishima Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'. Ranging over myth horror love nature modern life a diabolical painting a cow with a human face and a woman who turns into sugar The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear charm beauty and comedy.Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami