Read real Japanese essays : contemporary writings by popular authors / edited by Janet Ashby ; narrated by Reiko Matsunaga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ashby, Janet.

Matsunaga, Reiko.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese essays.

Japanese essays--20th century.

Japanese essays--21st century.

Physical Description:

135, 103 pages ; 22 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Colophon title: Nihongo de yomō. Essei hen : (Eibunban)

Eibunban Nihongo de yomō. Essei hen.

Colophon title: 日本語で読もう. エッセイ編 : (英文版)

英文版日本語で読もう. エッセイ編.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 2008.

Language Note:

Text in English and Japanese.

Contents:

Masshiro na uso = Little white lies / Murakami Haruki

Densha no naka de wakamono ni chūi = Admonishing young people in the train / Sakai Junko

Ryōri = On cooking / Kakuta Mitsuyo

Utsukushisa = On beauty / Yoshimoto Banana

Dō kaite mo iya na yatsu wa iya na yatsu = No matter how he writes, a creep is still a creep / Machida Kou

"Hakase no aishita sūshiki" o megutte = Concerning "The professor's beloved equation" / Ogawa Yōko

Mujō to iu koto = Thoughts on mutability / Hirano Keiichirō

"Bungakusha" no kuni ni boku ga iru = Living in the land of the bungakusha / Levy Hideo (Rībi Hideo).

真っ白な噓 = Little white lies / 村上春樹

電車の中の若者に注意 = Admonishing young people in the train / 酒井順子

料理 = On cooking / 角田光代

美しさ = On beauty / よしもとばなな

どう書いても嫌な奴は嫌な奴 = No matter how he writes, a creep is still a creep / 町田康

「博士の愛した数式」を巡って = Concerning "The professor's beloved equation" / 小川洋子

無常ということ = Thoughts on mutability / 平野啓一郎

「文学者」の国に、ぼくがいる = Living in the land of the bungakusha / Levy Hideo (リービ英雄).

ISBN:

9784770030573

4770030576

OCLC:

313752236