Best Japanese Short Stories - April 2024

Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text (Japanese Edition)

A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time   This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.   The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143118331
• ASIN: 0143118331
• ISBN: 0143118331
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (Penguin Classics Hardcover)

This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Yuten Sawanishi's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Shin'ichi Hoshi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beau... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079B7BL11
• ASIN: B079B7BL11
• Manufacturer: Penguin

The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)

This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the short story genre in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the Taisho era, to the new breed of writers produced under the constraints of literary censorship, and the current writings reflecting the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Jap... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199583196
• ASIN: 0199583196
• ISBN: 0199583196
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

50 Japanese Short Stories for Beginners Read Entertaining Japanese Stories to Improve your Vocabulary and Learn Japanese While Having Fun: Japanese Edition Including Hiragana and Kanji

Revised and Updated Edition June 2019Learning Japanese is hard and everyone says so. But not with this book.Whether you're a just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun.Here you have 50 entertaining and culturally interesting Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners.The stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels. The stor... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DM28JVY
• ASIN: B07DM28JVY

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TO... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455563927
• ASIN: 1455563927
• ISBN: 9781455563920
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Unicorn Coloring Book: For Kids Ages 4-8 (US Edition)

This children’s coloring book is full of happy, smiling, beautiful unicorns. For anyone who love unicorns, this book makes a nice gift for ages 4 to 8 years.Please note: This is not an adult coloring book and the style is that of an ordinary child's coloring book, with a matte cover to finish.What you will find inside the book:• 2 sets of 24 unique designs, so there is one spare of each design, for sharing or starting again.• 48 coloring pages in total, on single side pages, with a variety of cute unicorns and detailed backgrounds.• Age appropriate backgrounds for pre-school and elemen... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1999896963
• ASIN: 1999896963
• ISBN: 1999896963
• Manufacturer: On The Hop Books Ltd

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition

In celebration of of the 75th anniversary of this classic bestseller, this stunningly illustrated, beautifully packaged, larger-format hardcover edition will be beloved by fans of Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology of all ages. Since its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the word and established itself as a perennial bestseller in its various available formats: hardcover, trade paperback, mass market paperback, and e-book. For 75 years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrill... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316438529
• ASIN: 0316438529
• ISBN: 9780316438520
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

Milk and Honey

#1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

• ASIN: 144947425X
• UPC: 050837351134
• ASIN: 144947425X
• ISBN: 9781449474256
• Brand: Rupi Kaur
• Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Spanish Short Stories 1 / Cuentos hispánicos 1 (Parallel Text) (v. 1) (Spanish and English Edition)

Excellent reading in either Spanish or English, the eight short stories in this collection by authors including Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Camilo José Cela have been chosen for their readability and literary merit. Seven are from Spanish America, only one from Spain, an unsurprising ratio considering there are no less than nineteen Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas, and that the short story is an extremely popular form among authors there. This selection also, therefore, gives the reader an insight into the differences between the literary cultures. Printed approx... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140025006
• ASIN: 0140025006
• ISBN: 0140025006
• Brand: Franco, Jean
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 746152764

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

9780141395623

• UPC: 300806280

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

9781420938036

• UPC: 21019188

The Best American Short Stories 2005

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from

• UPC: 34682001

The Best American Short Stories 2009

The oldest and bestselling Best American, THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2009 will be selected by  Alice Sebold, author of the bestseller THE LOVELY

• UPC: 10976107
• Rating: 4.5

The Best American Short Stories 2017

Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short

• UPC: 55971052
• Rating: 5.0

Selected Tales and Sketches (the Best Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne)

"Selected Tales and Sketches" is a collection of the best short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Collected here are the following tales: The Gray Champion, Sunday at Home, The Minister's Black Veil, The May-Pole of Merry

• UPC: 6105733
• Rating: 5.0

Best Russian Short Stories - eBook

For centuries, critics and fans alike have extolled the virtues of the Russian masters of fiction, with many ranking them among the foremost literary artists the world has ever produced. This volume collects finely crafted

• UPC: 699648974
• Rating: 3.5

100 Years of The Best American Short Stories

An award-winning short-story writer introduces the stories she has selected from such authors as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Alexie, Roth, Updike, Oates and more, to present a decade-by-decade examination of the literary trends captured by this series

• UPC: 45056350
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain - eBook

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted

• UPC: 466072779

Ito Junji Short stories BEST OF BEST Japanese comic manga 2019

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