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Heaven's Wind (Amatsukaze): A dual language anthology of contemporary Japanese writing (English and Japanese Edition) - Softcover
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Heaven's Wind - Amatsukaze - is a superb collection of stories by five of Japan's leading contemporary authors.
A perfect suburban housewife plans for the future...
The Otter by Kuniko Mukoda - Naoki Prize Winner 1980
A misfit schoolgirl goes to get what she wants...
Ball by Natsuko Kuroda - Akutagawa Prize Winner 2013
An heiress finds friendship with a young couple by the sea...
Summer Blanket by Kaori Ekuni - Naoki Prize Winner 2004
A village wife leaves home in search of her lost child...
The Child over There by Mitsuyo Kakuta - Naoki Prize Winner 2005
A young woman thinks she's found the perfect job...
Planting by Aoko Matsuda - Nominated for Yukio Mishima Prize 2013
Presented in Japanese/English parallel-text format with translations by award-winning translator Angus Turvill.
Spot the Difference! A commentary by the translator highlights changes that occur in the Japanese-English translation process. To support non-native readers of the Japanese texts, comprehensive furigana phonetic guides (rubi) are provided.
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Heaven's Wind : A dual language anthology of contemporary Japanese writing
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London : Japan Society Publications, 2018
ISBN 10: 0955997720
ISBN 13: 9780955997723
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Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 200 pages ; 21 cm. Heaven's Wind is a collection of short stories by five of Japan s leading contemporary authors: Kuniko Mukoda The Otter; Natsuko Kuroda Ball, Kaori Ekuni Summer Blanket; Mitsuyo Kakuta The Child over There; and Aoko Matsuda Planting. Taking its name from one of Japan s best known classical poems, Heaven's Wind (Amatsukaze) is the world s first dual language anthology of Japanese women s writing, including four Naoki and Akutagawa Prize winners. The English versions are by award-winning translator Angus Turvill. The authors were born over fifty years from 1929 to 1979, and their stories were written over the past five decades. These gently written tales of deceit, loss and self-affirmation are set against pre-war to post-tsunami backdrops, ranging over town, countryside, suburb and coast. One thousand years since a Japanese woman wrote the world s first novel, this wonderful anthology gives a unique perspective on the power of women writers in Japan today. Aimed at readers of either or both languages, the book seeks to bring people from different cultures together in the shared experience of reading the same stories from the same book. Often translations are presented to the world as quite different products from the originals the cover, size and marketing content taking the two versions in different directions. Having both texts in the same book gives the stories, and their readers, the same starting point. Like all great work, this anthology effortlessly spans the divides of gender and generation. It has great appeal too for language learners, the stories being presented in a parallel-text format. The major hurdle for learners of Japanese how to read the kanji characters is cleared through the provision of comprehensive rubi reading guides throughout. For those who wonder how similar the translations are to their originals in terms of text, Turvill s afterword (Spot the Difference!) highlights ways in which the translation process can or must change meaning and structure. Seller Inventory # PGJS04
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