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# NEW JAPANESE VOICES: THE BEST CONTEMPORARY FICTION FROM JAPAN

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- **What is this?** NEW JAPANESE VOICES: THE BEST CONTEMPORARY FICTION FROM JAPAN by helen mitsiosjay mcinerney
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			        		“Mitsios assembles an impressive range of literary ambassadors. This anthology should firmly resolve debates about the vitality of Japanese fiction.” —Publishers Weekly“A happy marriage of contemporary Western culture with the traditional Japanese sensibility makes this story collection by young Japanese writers a worthwhile successor to a distinguished literary past.” —Kirkus Reviews"Ms. Mitsios has assembled an intelligent collection." —Herbert Mitgang, New York Times Book Review
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LIVES UP TO JAPANESE LITERARY EXCELLENCE
            
*by P***E on February 28, 2015*

I was delighted with this collection, which lives up to the fine literary legacy of Endo, Tanazaki, et al.  There is a special quality to Japanese literature.  A spiritual angst, coupled with sardonic humor, attention to detail, a reverence for nature, and the existential plight of the individual psyche.  All of this is evident in this fine contemporary collection, edited by Helen Mitsios.  There are two big names that American readers will be familiar with: Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto.  Both of their selections are good.  Yoshimoto's is from her novel, KITCHEN.  It is written with delicacy and sensitivity to the loneliness of life. The other standouts were "Swallowtails" by Shiina Mokoto, which is from the point of view of a desperate father whose strange son seems to be going down a bad path.  This story ends on a lyrical note. There are two surrealistic stories, one in which a young woman is impregnated by a giant bee ,"On A Moonless Night, by Sei Takekawa and "Living In A Maze," by Kyoji Kobayashi, in which a woman turns into a cow.  These stories are eerily realistic, and the latter is quite humorous and touching at the same time.  I love Japanese humor with its sardonic edge.  Perhaps the funniest story in the collection is "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", by Tamio Kageyama.  An obese woman tries to scuba dive, but cannot sink.  All of the stories deal with people who are unique.  In one, "Yu-Hee, by Yang Ji Lee, a woman lives in the ambiguous love/hate world between Korea and Japan.  All of these writers have won awards.  Kudos to the editor for an almost equal distribution of male and female writers (7-5) and for highlighting the work of each translator.  All of the translations read seamlessly.  Without translators, those of us who don't read Japanese, would be missing the unique experience of reading contemporary Japanese literature.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good stories, but not as good as Murakami's Men Without Women
            
*by D***L on July 13, 2018*

Interesting collection. Some better than others. None as good as Murakami's Men Without Women.Great way to get a snapshot of contemporary Japanese writing.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Appreciated getting to know more contemporary Japanse authors
            
*by R***C on March 12, 2016*

I appreciated getting to know more contemporary Japanse authors, but from all the stories in this book collection, I only liked about half of them. I'll be adding some new authors to my list of authors that I really like, like Murakami and Yoshimoto.
  

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