Apologies it's been a while, obviously a book I'm looking forward to and due for publication in August - Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave of the Fireflies. Translated by Ginny Tapely Takemori, published in Penguin Classics.
Lines from the Horizon
readings in translated Japanese Literature
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Only Yesterday by Mutsuo Takahashi
Another to add to the list (if I compile one for this year!) of books to read Only Yesterday by Mutsuo Takahashi translated by Jeffrey Angles.
for more information please visit Canarium Books
The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin
Another book prompt, The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin: Japan's Great Poet and Landscape Artist by Dr Andreas Marks and Jonathan Chaves with an essay by Paul Berry.
the book info at Tuttle
Quiet Night by Kaori Fujino
A quick highlight of the story Quiet Night by Kaori Fujino, translated by Heather D. Davis which is up to read over at Guernica. I'm very much looking forward to also reading Nails and Eyes which was awarded the Akutagawa Prize back in 2013 recently published by Pushkin Press, translated by Kendall Heitzmann.
Quiet Night at Guernica
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
I Guess All We Have is Freedom
A book I'm basically twiddling my thumbs in anticipation waiting for is I Guess All We Have is Freedom - stories by Genpei Akasegawa translated by Matthew Fargo and published by Kaya Press.
But in the meantime here's a link to the book's details -
I Guess All We Have is Freedom at Kaya Press
Monday, 8 February 2021
Granta - 20 for 2020
I'm a little late on this but I thought I'd post a link to this project from Granta that was due to be put out at the same time as last year's planned Tokyo Olympics, but things have turned out very differently. Hope that you are well and find this of interest.
https://granta.com/20-for-2020/
Monday, 17 August 2020
The Kingdom That Failed
translated by Jay Rubin, The Kingdom That Failed by Murakami Haruki is available to read at The New Yorker -
https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed