Read real Japanese essays : contemporary writings by popular authors

Bibliographic Information

Read real Japanese essays : contemporary writings by popular authors

edited by Janet Ashby ; narrated by Reiko Matsunaga

Kodansha International, 2008

Other Title

(英文版)日本語で読もうエッセイ編

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Contents of Works

  • Masshiro na uso / Murakami Haruki
  • Densha no naka de wakamono ni chūi / Sakai Junko
  • Ryōri / Kakuta Mitsuyo
  • Utsukushisa / Yoshimoto Banana
  • Dou kaitemo iyana yatsu wa iyana yatsu / Machida Kou
  • "Hakase no aishita sūshiki" o megutte / Ogawa Yōko
  • Mujyō to iu koto / Hirano Keiichirō
  • "Bungakusha" no kuni ni, boku ga iru / Levy Hideo

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770030573

Table of Contents

  • 真っ白な嘘(村上春樹)
  • 電車の中で若者に注意(酒井順子)
  • 料理(角田光代)
  • 美しさ(よしもとばなな)
  • どう書いても嫌な奴は嫌な奴(町田康)
  • 『博士の愛した数式』を巡って(小川洋子)
  • 無常ということ(平野啓一郎)
  • 「文学者」の国に、ぼくがいる(リービ英雄)

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Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770030573

Description

There is a dramatic difference between reading Japanese that is tailored to students, and reading real Japanese that has been written for native speakers. The concocted variety tends to be insipid, flat, stiff, standardized, completely lacking in exciting and imaginative use of language. Read Real Japanese Essays, and its companion volume Read Real Japanese Fiction, allows readers to experience the work of several of todays foremost writers as if they were lifelong Japanese speakers. The pieces in Read Real Japanese Essays are informed by the

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Details

  • NCID
    BA85174568
  • ISBN
    • 9784770030573
  • LCCN
    2007052675
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engjpn
  • Place of Publication
    Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    135, 103 p.
  • Size
    21 cm.
  • Attached Material
    1 sound disc
  • Classification
  • Subject Headings
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