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2020-11-13 21:41:49 | 時事
Five Best Japanese Novels of 2018
Metropolis lists this year’s best Japanese fiction

OCT 11, 2018
BY
JESSICA ESA
The past few years have seen an explosion of Japanese novels being translated into English. This year has been no exception, with some of the best award-winning contemporary fiction coming out of Japan. Here are this year’s highlights — the fiction you really don’t want to miss.

The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hiro Arikawa – tr. Philip Gabriel Jan 2018)

Japanese literature is no stranger to books about cats, but this is truly a worthy addition to what’s fast becoming a genre in itself. Our narrator in The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a simple, grounded male cat named Nana who is taken off the streets of Tokyo by his new owner Satoru.

After five happy years, Satoru takes Nana on a road trip to visit his old friends and to see the transformative landscape of today’s Japan. We soon realise that for whatever reason, Satoru will no longer be able to look after Nana.

What makes this novel so delightful is experiencing Nana and Satoru’s journey together — throughout which we read stories about Satoru and the many people who have colored his life. What starts as a simple tale takes us on an emotional journey that will move the hardiest of readers.

The Last Children of Tokyo (Yoko Tawada – tr. Margaret Mitsutani June 2018)

We catch a glimpse into a near dystopian future with Yoko Tawada’s high-concept and highly satirical new novel: The Last Children of Tokyo. Here we meet Yoshiro, a retired author. He has passed his hundredth birthday but his world is one where children no longer make it to adulthood and the population is in jeopardy. Yoshiro’s great-grandson Mumei is born, like every member of his generation, with grey hair and a low life expectancy.

With this novel we face a Japan where the cities have mostly been abandoned; ties with the rest of the world have been severed; other languages are no longer taught or spoken; and real animals are scarce. Tawada explores our current political climate with finesse and pulls out some of the very real fears that are plaguing not just Japan, but the world at large.

Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata – tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori July 2018)

Keiko Furukura is thirty-six and has worked part-time in the same convenience store for eighteen years. Having felt like an outcast all her life, she finds normality and a sense of purpose in her work. She is entirely content and has never asked for anything more. However, she faces constant societal pressure from her sister and friends — pressure to get a better job, to get a boyfriend, to go out more.

She meets Shiraha, an angry young man who is unhappy with society and his lot in life; he serves as an anti-hero to Keiko and their interactions are nothing short of uncomfortable and, at times, hilarious.

Convenience Store Woman serves as a critique of the way single women are treated in Japan and how we view the worth of a job, but above all it’s a love letter from Keiko to the stores we’re all so familiar with.

Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami – tr. Philip Gabriel & Ted Goossen October 2018)

A new Murakami book always comes with its own level of hype, but this new novel does not disappoint and will easily satisfy fans of Murakami’s previous novels, containing (as it does) all the tropes that he has become synonymous with over the years.

The story revolves around an unnamed portrait painter who has been abandoned by his wife and has chosen to become the caretaker of the home of Tomohiko Amada, a once-famous painter in his own right.

The book’s title and the surreal events that ensue are kick-started when our protagonist discovers a painting in the attic named “Killing Commendatore”, inspired by the opera Don Giovanni. With a slew of enigmatic characters, a preoccupation with art and the creative process — and in many ways an homage to a book that Murakami famously adores — The Great Gatsby, this is a hefty and surreal novel not to be missed.

Lonesome Bodybuilder (Yukiko Motoya – tr. Asa Yoneda November 2018)

Perfect for fans of absurd, dark humor, these eleven short stories are the long-awaited English language debut of one of Japan’s favorite young writers.

Kafkaesque in their tone, each story takes an aspect of mundane Japanese life and turns it on its head. A stale marriage heading towards its twilight years becomes a wife’s secret bodybuilding training while her husband stays oblivious; a normal day in a clothes shop turns into a 24-hour nightmare for the attendant as she tries to find clothes for a customer who won’t leave the changing room.

In Japanese contemporary fiction, we’re often given a slice of life and that life is explored to its fullest. Motoya has managed to achieve that same feat within a few pages and then turn it on its head in the most ridiculous manner. Masterful.

英語圏

2020-11-13 21:40:31 | 時事
Five (Translated) Japanese Novels to Read in 2020
And almost all of them are written by women

JAN 8, 2020
BY
JESSICA ESA
Last year was a fairly good year for Japanese literature in translation, with breakout books by beloved mystery writer Seishi Yokomizo (“The Honjin Murders”) and newer authors like Hiroko Oyamada (“The Factory”), in addition to translations of appraised authors Yoko Ogawa and Hiromi Kawakami. In 2020, however, we’re promised an even better year, with more books by Oyamada and Yokomizo on the way, as well as a brand new novel from award-winning “Convenience Store Woman” author, Sayaka Murata. Out of several anticipated reads in the works, we’ve narrowed down our list to five exciting Japanese books in translation, most of which are written by women, to watch out for this year.



Breasts and Eggs

by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)

Mieko Kawakami is a musician, blogger and highly successful writer in Japan whose only English-translated work thus far is 2017’s “Ms Ice Sandwich.” Coming out this spring is her 2008 novella “Breasts and Eggs,” which details a three-day reunion between a 30-year-old unmarried narrator, her sister Makiko and Makiko’s daughter, Midoriko. Kawakami focuses in on each woman’s respective struggles with identity and the female body, tackling big themes with humor and offering a cold, hard look at the many pressures facing women in Japan. The translated version expands on the original with a second chapter based 10 years later, at which point the narrator is considering artificial insemination. “Breasts and Eggs” opens a discussion on reproductive rights within Japan, and the social struggles associated with one woman making her choice.

Published by Picador Books in May 2020.



Where the Wild Ladies Are

by Aoko Matsuda (translated by Polly Barton)

Feminist retellings of classic tales are always fun and rapidly growing in popularity around the world. In 2020, taking a collection of traditional Japanese ghost stories and crafting them into often humorous yet painfully relevant tales is a move of pure genius by Aoko Matsuda. Taking place in a contemporary setting, with a decidedly feminist bend, “Where the Wild Ladies Are” takes classic Japanese ghost stories — which make up some of the best in the world — and rewrite them to make them relevant to the current gender climate of modern-day Japan. Witty, biting, and poignant, Matsuda’s collection is a pleasantly haunting surprise.

Published by Tilted Axis Press in February 2020.



The Inugami Curse

by Seishi Yokomizo (Translated by Yumiko Yamakazi)

This past December, Pushkin Press published an English translation of the very first book in Seishi Yokomizo’s legendary detective series, “The Honjin Murders.” Just three months later, the London-based publishing house is bringing us another classic. Introduced in “The Honjin Murders” was Yokomizo’s own Poirot, the young and eclectic Detective Kosuke Kindaichi. In “The Inugami Curse” — one of Yokomizo’s best-loved detective tales — Kindaichi must solve a slowly growing string of gruesome murders all connected to the mighty Inugami Clan, and uncover the deeply hidden secrets of the clan along the way.

Published by Pushkin Press in February 2020.



Earthlings

by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)

“Convenience Store Woman” was an enormous and earth-shattering commercial success in 2018, thanks to the story of protagonist Kiko being strangely relatable to many across the English-speaking world. After stirring the hearts and minds of readers with her raw tale of being a cog in Japan’s modern capitalist machine, literary superstar Sayaka Murata returns in 2020 with “Earthlings.” Murata’s newest novel traces the imaginative childhoods of Natsuki and Yuu, both of whom are convinced that they are either witches or aliens. The story then jumps ahead to Natsuki’s adult life as a married woman and her eventual return home to the Nagano mountains to reunite with her dear cousin. While a seemingly benign tale at first glance, the Akutagawa Prize-winner laces her tale with much deeper, darker and prevalent themes of emotional abuse and mental illness.

Published by Granta in October 2020.



There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job

by Kikuko Tsumura (Translated by Polly Barton)

“There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job” is Osaka-born author Kikuko Tsumura’s first work to be translated into English. Tsumura has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for her 2009 novella “The Lime Pothos Boat.” The title of her upcoming translation speaks for itself. A perfect blend of black humor and criticism of the modern workplace, “There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job” opens with a young woman looking for a mundane job close to home. What ensues is a string of unspectacular occupations involving video footage, advertising and rice crackers. All of these jobs come with hilarious shortcomings as far as employment goes and ultimately leave her unsatisfied. Tsumura’s protagonist soon discovers that she’s actually looking for something much more meaningful in life.

Published by Bloomsbury in late 2020.
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2020-11-13 10:39:26 | 翻訳
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