The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories by Jay Rubin

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

Jay Rubin with Haruki Murakami (Contributor), Jay Rubin (Translator), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Paul Warham (Translator), Kafū Nagai, Natsume Sōseki, Ōgai Mori, Richard Bowring (Translator), Yukio Mishima, Geoffrey W. Sargent (Translator), Yūko Tsushima, Geraldine Harcourt (Translator), Taeko Kōno, Kenji Nakagami, Eve Zimmerman (Translator), Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (Translator), Minako Ohba, Noriko Mizuta (Translator), Fumiko Enchi, Phyllis Birnbaum (Translator), Abe Akira, Yōko Ogawa, Ted Goossen (Translator), Doppo Kunikida, Motoyuki Shibata, Koji Uno, Genji Keita, Minoru Betsuyaku, Royall Tyler (Translator), Mieko Kawakami, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator), Shin'ichi Hoshi, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Sawanishi Yuten, Hyakken Uchida, Rachel DiNitto (Translator), Yoko Ota, Richard H. Minear (Translator), Yuichi Seirai, Yasunari Kawabata, Lane Dunlop (Translator), Akiyuki Nosaka, Tomoyuki Hoshino, Brian Bergstrom (Translator), Kazumi Saeki, David Boyd (Translator), Aoko Matsuda, Angus Turvill (Translator), Yūya Satō

517 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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A major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, author of Killing CommendatoreA Penguin Classics HardcoverThis fantastically varied and exciting collection ce...

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Community Reviews Summary of 359 reviews

Moods

reflective 75%
emotional 60%
dark 50%
challenging 39%
adventurous 37%
mysterious 37%
informative 30%
sad 24%
inspiring 22%
hopeful 20%
relaxing 20%
funny 18%
tense 16%
lighthearted 13%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 27%
fast 9%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 55% | N/A: 30% | Plot: 7% | Character: 7%

Strong character development?

N/A: 52% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 7% | Yes: 5%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 44% | N/A: 42% | Yes: 10% | No: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 37% | No: 27% | N/A: 24% | It's complicated: 10%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 45% | It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 16% | No: 2%

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