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.
Edited by:
Ted Goossen,
Motoyuki Shibata
Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 260mm,
Width: 190mm,
Spine: 5mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9780997248067
ISBN 10: 0997248068
Series: MONKEY New Writing from Japan
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Contributors Credits
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. .
Reviews for MONKEY New Writing from Japan: Volume 1: FOOD
Novelists Haruki Murakami and Mieko Kawakami make plans to meet in a cave, trade stories, and roast rats over a campfire. A few pages later, director Hirokazu Koreeda revisits a favorite story by Naoya Shiga, about a barber whose murderous outburst reminds him of Raymond Carver's writing and inspired his own cinematic ideas. Yoko Ogawa narrates a haunting sequence of illustrations by Canadian artist Jon Klassen. Aoko Matsuda shows us how to physically dissect a misogynist. And that's before you get to a Noh play, haiku and tanka poems, and the sketches, photographs, and manga of a themed section on the allure of food. --Roland Kelts, Nikkei Asia An astonishment, by turns playful and profound, that makes you wish it were monthly. --Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao MONKEY is full of deep, funny, wild, scary, fabulous, moving, surprising, brilliant work. --Laird Hunt, author of Neverhome
