The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
edited by Jay Rubin, published by Penguin

  • The Story of Tomoda and Matsunaga by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, translated Paul Warham
  • Behind the Prison by Nagai Kafū, translated Jay Rubin
  • Sanshirō by Natsume Sōseki, translated Jay Rubin
  • The Last Testament of Okitsu Yagoemon by Mori Ōgai, translated Richard Bowring
  • Patriotism by Mishima Yukio, translated Geoffrey W. Sargent
  • Flames by Tsushima Yūko, translated Geraldine Harcourt
  • In the Box by Kōno Taeko, translated Jay Rubin
  • Remaining Flowers by Nakagami Kenji, translated Eve Zimmerman
  • Bee Honey by Yoshimoto Banana, translated Michael Emmerich
  • The Smile of a Mountain Witch by Ohba Minako, translated Noriko Mizuta
  • A Bond for Two Lifetimes – Gleanings by Enchi Fumiko, translated Phyllis Birnbaum
  • Peaches by Abe Akira, translated Jay Rubin
  • The Tale of the House of Physics by Ogawa Yōko, translated Ted Goossen
  • Unforgettable People by Kunikida Doppo, translated Jay Rubin
  • The 1963/82 Girl from Ipanema by Murakami Haruki, translated Jay Rubin
  • Cambridge Circus by Shibata Motoyuki, translated Jay Rubin
  • Closet LLB by Uno Kōji, translated Jay Rubin
  • Mr English by Genji Keita, translated Jay Rubin
  • Factory Town by Betsuyaku Minoru, translated Royall Tyler
  • Dreams of Love, Etc. by Kawakami Mieko, translated Hitomi Yoshio
  • Shoulder-Top Secretary by Hoshi Shin’ichi, translated Jay Rubin
  • Hell Screen by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, translated Jay Rubin
  • Filling Up with Sugar by Sawanishi Yūten, translated Jay Rubin
  • Kudan by Uchida Hyakken, translated Rachel DiNitto
  • The Great Earthquake and General Kim by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, translated Jay Rubin
  • Hiroshima, City of Doom by Ōta Yōko, translated Richard H. Minear
  • Insects by Seirai Yūichi, translated Paul Warham
  • The Silver Fifty-Sen Piece by Kawabata Yasunari, translated Lane Dunlop
  • American Hijiki by Nosaka Akiyuki, translated Jay Rubin
  • Pink by Hoshino Tomoyuki, translated Brian Bergstrom
  • UFO in Kushiro by Murakami Haruki, translated Jay Rubin
  • Weather-Watching Hill by Saeki Kazumi, translated David Boyd
  • Planting by Matsuda Aoko, translated Angus Turvill
  • Same as Always by Satō Yūya, translated Rachel DiNitto

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