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(★)(Posee un CD.)(There is a world of difference between reading Japanese that has been specially contrived for students and reading ´real´ Japanese --that is, real-world Japanese written for native speakers. The contrived variety might be called schoolmarm Japanese : standard to the point of insipidity, controlled to the point of domestication, restricted to the point of impoverishment. The ´Read Real Japanese´ series, comprising one volume each of essays and fiction, provides the real thing --lively writings by contemporary authors.／ ´Read Real Japanese Fiction´ presents short works by six outstanding writers, from popular to avant-garde. The spell-binding world of Hiromi Kawakami ; the hair-raising short horror of Otsuichi ; the haunting prose of Banana Yoshimoto ; even the poetic wordplay of Yoko Tawada-- whatever your taste, you are sure to find some stories in this book that bowl you over and leave you wanting more.／ Following the form of real Japanese novels, the text runs from top to bottom, right to left. To guide you in your reading, each double-page spread features translations of nearly every sentence or phrase, making it possible to understand the meaning at a glance. Moreover, in the back of the book is a tailor-made Japanese-English dictionary covering all the words appearing in the stories, and a series of notes that elucidate issues of nuance, usage, grammar, and culture.／ Best of all, the book comes with a free audio CD containing narrations of the works, performed by a professional actress. This will help you to get used to the sounds and rhythms of Japanese, as well as the speed at which the language is normally spoken.／ Whether you are a dedicated student or a dabbler, and regardless of your mode of study, ´Read Real Japanese Fiction´ will serve as your gateway to the pleasures of reading contemporary Japanese fiction --in the original.／ ◆Michael Emmerich graduated from Princeton University. After completing an MA in Japanese literature at Ritsumeikan University, he went on to earn a PhD in the same field from Columbia University. He is the highly acclaimed translator of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata´s ´First Snow on Fuji´ ; Banana Yoshimoto´s ´Asleep´, ´Goodbye Tsugumi´ and ´Hardboiled & Hard Luck´ ; Genichiro Takahashi´s ´Sayonara Gangsters´ ; Mari Akasaka´s ´Vibrator´ ; Taichi Yamada´s ´In Search of a Distant Voice´ ; and Rieko Matsuura´s ´The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P´.／ Reiko Matsunaga (the narrator) was born in Osaka. She is a stage and television actress who regularly performs for the troupe Nylon 100ºC. She is also active as an essayist and a rakugo performer. She has starred in the plays ´Frozen Beach´, ´Disappearance´, and ´Distress Call´ ; in the NHK television series ´Chiritotechin´ ; and in the film ´The Suspect : Muroi Shinji´.／ ▼CONTENTS／ ●神様 (Kamisama)(Kawakami Hiromi)／ ●むかし夕日の公園で(Mukashi yuuhi no kooen de)(Otsuichi)／ ●肉屋おうむ(Nikuya Oomu)(Ishii Shinji)／ ●ミイラ(Miira)(Yoshimoto Banana)／ ●百物語(Hyakumonogatari)(Kitamura Kaoru)／ ●かける(Kakeru)(Tawada Yooko)／) |
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