A major anthology of great Japanese Short Stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This is a celebration of the Japanese Short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works.
Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami.
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.
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'.
A major anthology of great Japanese Short Stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This is a celebration of the Japanese Short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works
