Synopsis
A collection of contemporary Japanese fiction features themes ranging from media images and workaday madness to sex and scandal, and includes works that experiment with language, offbeat humor, science fiction, and cartoon graphics
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Review
"... they also have wit and something to say about their society." -- New York Times Book Review
"A lively mixture of gritty realism and comic or ironic fantasy." -- Atlantic
"Cyberpunk, sci-fi, feminist, and erotic tales ... a lively, electric picture of contemporary Japanese society." -- Booklist
"One of the most wholly creative collections I've read in quite a while." -- Philadelphia Inquirer
"What distinguishes these stories are their narrators' voices: conversational, knowing, and liberally dosed with drop-dead wit." -- Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Alfred Birnbaum, an American born in 1957, lives in Myanmar when he is not traveling elsewhere. He has spent many years in Japan since childhood, and has been actively involved in the visual and performing arts there. He is also one of the leading translators of contemporary Japanese fiction, with three major novels by Haruki Murakami and the award-winning A Burden of Flowers by Natsuki Ikezawa, among his translations.
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