{"product_id":"monkey-new-writing-from-japan-volume-3-crossings-9781737625339","title":"Monkey New Writing from Japan: Volume 3: Crossings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor\u003cbr\u003ereaders who want to be introduced to exciting contemporary Japanese writers, \u003cbr\u003eespecially women (Mieko Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and more)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONKEY New Writing from Japan is an\u003cbr\u003eannual anthology that showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Volume\u003cbr\u003e3 celebrates \u003cb\u003eCROSSINGS: Transitioning Out of the Pandemi\u003c\/b\u003ec, we are inspired by\u003cbr\u003estories of transformation and the joyful play between Japanese and Western\u003cbr\u003eliteratures. MONKEY offers short fiction and poetry by writers such as Mieko\u003cbr\u003eKawakami, Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami, and Aoko Matsuda; a graphic\u003cbr\u003enarrative by Satoshi Kitamura; and contributions from Stuart Dybek and Matthew\u003cbr\u003eSharpe.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTED\u003cbr\u003eGOOSSEN\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Japanese literature and film at York University in Toronto. He\u003cbr\u003eis the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He translated Haruki Murakami's \u003ci\u003eWind\/Pinball\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Library\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-translated (with Philip Gabriel) \u003ci\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilling Commendatore\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations\u003cbr\u003eof Hiromi Kawakami's \u003ci\u003ePeople from My\u003cbr\u003eNeighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e (Granta Books and Soft Skull Press) and Naoya Shiga's \u003ci\u003eReconciliation \u003c\/i\u003e(Canongate) were\u003cbr\u003epublished in 2020. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOTOYUKI SHIBATA \u003c\/b\u003etranslates American literature\u003cbr\u003eand runs the Japanese literary journal \u003ci\u003eMONKEY\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eHe has translated Paul Auster, Rebecca Brown, Stuart Dybek, Steve Erickson, \u003cbr\u003eBrian Evenson, Laird Hunt, Kelly Link, Steven Millhauser, and Richard Powers, \u003cbr\u003eamong others. His translation of Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e was a bestseller in Japan in 2018.\u003cbr\u003eAmong his recent translations is Eric McCormack's \u003ci\u003eCloud\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stone Bridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390503620882,"sku":"9781737625339","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d318539b-c5d8-4ec1-9cb0-8cc8b2b4843d.jpg?v=1728949706","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monkey-new-writing-from-japan-volume-3-crossings-9781737625339","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}