Breaking into Japanese Literature

Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text

Giles Murray

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Kodansha International
04 September 2018

Literary studies: general; Languages & ESL; Japanese - Reader; Japanese - Languages

"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?

Learn

50% of all common-use kanji covered

Kanji entry numbers given for follow-up study

Japanese + English translation + custom dictionary on the same page

Every single kanji word explained

Listen

Free download of sound files from the Net

Look

Original atmospheric illustrations

Link

Original stories for Kurosawa's Rashomon and Dreams

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."

By: Giles Murray
Imprint: Kodansha International
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 134mm,
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781568365893
ISBN 10: 1568365896
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

GILES MURRAY lives in Tokyo where he works as a writer, translator, editor, and copywriter. He is the author of Kodansha International's best-selling anti-textbook, 13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese, and appears as Jeremy Hilditch in the Japanese for Busy People- The Video series. Among his translations are Master Modeler- Creating the Tamiya Style (the autobiography of Shunsaku Tamiya, president of Tamiya Inc.) and Love Hina, a manga series about a bespectacled youth who becomes the janitor of a girls' dormitory.