Read Real Japanese Fiction

<b>Short stories by Japan&#146;s cutting-edge writers in vertical text and with vocabulary notes and FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD to make reading Japanese easier than ever.</b><br> <br> Long-awaited by teachers and students <i>Read Real Japanese Fiction </i>presents short works by six of today&#146;s most daring and provocative Japanese writers. The spellbinding world of Hiromi Kawakami; the hair-raising horror of Otsuichi; the haunting poignant prose of Banana Yoshimoto; even the poetic word-play of Yoko Tawada &#150; whatever their tastes readers are sure to find something of interest and value in this book suitable for students at the intermediate level and above.<br> &#160;<br> As in real Japanese novels the text on each page runs from top to bottom and from right to left. Each double-page spread features translations of all the difficult passages. In the back of the book moreover is a built-in Japanese-English learner&#146;s dictionary and a notes section covering issues of nuance usage grammar and culture that come up in each story. Best of all the book comes with a free audio download containing narrations of the stories performed by a professional voice actress.