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The City and Its Uncertain Walls (Japanese: 街とその不確かな壁, Hepburn: Machi to Sono Futashika na Kabe) is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami that was released on April 13, 2023. [1] Philip Gabriel's English translation was published on November 19, 2024 in Britain [2] and United States. [3]
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is a 2018 English language anthology of Japanese literature edited by American translator Jay Rubin and published by Penguin Classics. With 34 stories, the collection spans centuries of short stories from Japan ranging from the early-twentieth-century works of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Jun'ichirō ...
Mina's Matchbox (ミーナの行進, Mi-na no Kōshin, "Mina's March") is a novel by Yōko Ogawa. It was originally serialized in Yomiuri Shimbun in 2005 before being published as a novel in 2006 by Chuokoron-Shinsha, after which it won the 42nd Tanizaki Prize. [1] [2] In 2024, an English translation of the novel by Stephen B. Snyder was ...
This is a list of titles published by J-Novel Club. J-Novel Club is a publishing company specializing in translation of Japanese light novels and novels into English. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Gifted (ギフテッド, Gifuteddo) is the debut novella by Suzumi Suzuki, published in 2022 by Bungeishunjū.It was nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize along with four other books, all written by women. [1]
The novel then went on to win the 70th Yomiuri Literary Prize. [1] In 2020, an English translation by Eli K. P. Williams was released by Amazon Crossing, marking Hirano's debut in the English language. [2] In 2022, the novel was adapted to film by director Kei Ishikawa and won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (コーヒーが冷めないうちに, Kohi ga Samenai Uchi ni) is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi []. [1] It tells the story of a café in Tokyo that allows its customers to travel back in time, as long as they return before their coffee gets cold.
In 2012, an English translation by Allison Markin Powell was published by Counterpoint with the title The Briefcase. [2] In 2013, The Briefcase was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Later, in 2017, Counterpoint republished Powell's translation with the new title Strange Weather in Tokyo. [3]