{"product_id":"monkey-new-writing-from-japan-volume-2-travel-paperback","title":"Monkey New Writing from Japan: Volume 2: Travel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Goossen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMotoyuki Shibata\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMONKEY New Writing from Japan is an annual anthology that showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Volume 2 celebrates TRAVEL -- we may not be able to travel much during this second year of the pandemic, but we can travel in our imaginations. MONKEY offers short fiction and poetry by writers such as Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Hideo Furukawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and Kyohei Sakaguchi; new translations of modern classics; a graphic narrative by Satoshi Kitamura; and contributions from American writers such as Brian Evenson and Laird Hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTED GOOSSEN teaches Japanese literature and film at York University in Toronto. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. He translated Haruki Murakami's \u003cem\u003eWind\/Pinball\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Library\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-translated (with Philip Gabriel) \u003cem\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKilling Commendatore\u003c\/em\u003e. His translations of Hiromi Kawakami's \u003cem\u003ePeople from My Neighbourhood\u003c\/em\u003e (Granta Books) and Naoya Shiga's \u003cem\u003eReconciliation \u003c\/em\u003e(Canongate) were published in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMOTOYUKI SHIBATA translates American literature and runs the Japanese literary journal \u003cem\u003eMONKEY\u003c\/em\u003e. He has translated Paul Auster, Rebecca Brown, Stuart Dybek, Steve Erickson, Brian Evenson, Laird Hunt, Kelly Link, Steven Millhauser, and Richard Powers, among others. His translation of Mark Twain's \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e was a bestseller in Japan in 2018. Among his recent translations is Eric McCormack's \u003cem\u003eCloud\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 10.08 x 7.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766957375776,"sku":"9780997248081","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/82370c2aa587ff7c41ac7cb552e071dd.webp?v=1780301766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/monkey-new-writing-from-japan-volume-2-travel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}