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Granta 127: Japan

by Sayaka Murata, Toshiki Okada, David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, Kyoko Nakajima, Tao Lin, Yuji Hamada, Hiromi Kawakami, Kimiko Hahn, Hiroko Oyamada, Yomiko Utsu, Pico Iyer, Andres Felipe Solano, Toh EnJoe, David Peace, Daisuke Yokota, Adam Johnson, Yukiko Motoya, Rebecca Solnit, Tomoyuki Hoshino · 2014

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Hello Kitty, earthquakes, manga, samurai, robots and sushi. These are some of the things we think about when we think about Japan. This small island nation looms large in the popular imagination, in often contradictory ways: as the epitome of refinement and tradition, and as an embodiment of a shiny, soulless future. What is Japan to those who really know it? This issue includes translated work from the most exciting Japanese writers today, alongside work in English. There will be contributions from the Man Asia-shortlisted Hiromi Kawakami, the Booker-shortlisted Ruth Ozeki, David Mitchell, David Peace, Richard Lloyd Parry and more.

Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 280 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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