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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.／ ◆Janet Ashby is a freelance writer and translator who has lived in Japan since 1975. For several years she wrote a column in the Japan Times on Japanese books. She is the translator of ´Japanese : The Spoken Language in Japanese Life (Japan Times, 1987)´ and the editor of the original ´Read Real Japanese (Kodansha International, 1994)´. She has also served as a translator and editor on various reference works, including the multivolume ´Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan´ and ´Kodansha´s Communicative English-Japanese Dictionary´.／ 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／ ●真っ白な嘘 (Masshiro na uso)(Murakami Haruki)／ ●電車の中で若者に注意(Densha no nakade wakamono ni chuui)(Sakai Junko)／ ●料理(Ryoori)(Kakuta Mitsuyo)／ ●美しさ(Utsukushisa)(Yoshimoto Banana)／ ●どう書いても嫌な奴は嫌な奴(Doo kaitemo iyana yatsu wa iyana yatsu)(Machida Kou)／ ●「博士の愛した数式」を巡って(´Hakase no aishita suushiki´ o megutte)(Ogawa Yooko)／ ●無常ということ(Mujoo to iu koto)(Hirano Keiichiroo)／ ●「文学者」の国に、ぼくがいる(´Bungakusha´ no kuni ni, boku ga iru)(Levy Hideo)／) |
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