{"product_id":"read-real-japanese-fiction-short-stories-by-contemporary-writers-free-audio-download-9781568366173","title":"Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers (Free Audio Download)","description":"\u003cb\u003eShort stories by Japan's cutting-edge writers, in vertical text and with vocabulary, notes, and FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD to make reading Japanese easier than ever.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong-awaited by teachers and students, \u003ci\u003eRead Real Japanese Fiction \u003c\/i\u003epresents short works by six of today's most daring and provocative Japanese writers. The spellbinding world of Hiromi Kawakami; the hair-raising horror of Otsuichi; the haunting, poignant prose of Banana Yoshimoto; even the poetic word-play of Yoko Tawada--whatever their tastes, readers are sure to find something of interest and value in this book, suitable for students at the intermediate level and above. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs in real Japanese novels, the text on each page runs from top to bottom and from right to left. Each double-page spread features translations of all the difficult passages. In the back of the book, moreover, is a built-in Japanese-English learner's dictionary and a notes section covering issues of nuance, usage, grammar and culture that come up in each story. Best of all, the book comes with a free audio download containing narrations of the stories, performed by a professional voice actress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL EMMERICH \u003c\/b\u003eteaches Japanese Literature at UCLA. He is the highly acclaimed translator of twenty books, including Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata's \u003ci\u003eFirst Snow on Fuji \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDandelions\u003c\/i\u003e; Banana Yoshimoto's \u003ci\u003eAsleep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Tsugumi \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHardboiled \u0026amp; Hard Luck\u003c\/i\u003e; Genichiro Takahashi's \u003ci\u003eSayonara Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e; and Kawakami Hiromi's \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e. His scholarly works include \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kodansha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621109928210,"sku":"9781568366173","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6e35dfa-e828-43bf-89ed-992e0236622c.jpg?v=1732581552","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/read-real-japanese-fiction-short-stories-by-contemporary-writers-free-audio-download-9781568366173","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}