The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

Author: Rubin, Jay, Murakami, Haruki

Anthologies (non-poetry)

Published on 4 April 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 576 pages
131 x 197 x 31 | 392g

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'. Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow with a human face and a woman who turns into sugar, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy.

Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami