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Sad premonition) is a 1988 novel by Banana Yoshimoto, published by Kadokawa. In 2023, an English translation by Asa Yoneda was published by Counterpoint . [ 1 ] It was longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize .
Witch and Mercenary (魔女と傭兵, Majo to Yōhei) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaeru Chōhōkiteki and illustrated by Bench Kanase. It began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in June 2021. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine who began publishing it under their GCN Bunko ...
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter (異世界の沙汰は社畜次第, Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yatsuki Wakatsu and illustrated by Kikka Ohashi. It was serialized online from March to December 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.
The Last Children of Tokyo, originally published in Japanese as Kentoshi (献灯使), is a 2014 science fiction novel by Yoko Tawada. The English version, translated by Margaret Mitsutani, [1] was published in the UK in 2018. It was published in the US as The Emissary. [2]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The English translation of Strange Weather in Tokyo made it on several recommendation lists, including those published by The Guardian and NPR. [4] [5] The New York Times, in an article recommending 52 books for 52 places, recommended the novel for Tokyo. [6]