Breaking into Japanese literature : seven modern classics in parallel text / Giles Murray.
2003
PL775 .M85 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Breaking into Japanese literature : seven modern classics in parallel text / Giles Murray.
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Variant Title
Title in Japanese in colophon: Nihongo o yomu tame no nanatsu no monogatari
ISBN
4770028997 (pbk.)
9784770028990 (pbk.)
9784770028990 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International : Distributed in the U.S. by Kodansha America, c2003.
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English and Japanese; colophon in Japanese.
Description
239 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Call Number
PL775 .M85 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
495.686421
Summary
This is a graded reader for Japanese literature. There are 7 stories, 4 by Sōseki and 3 by Akutagawa, representing 3 different reading levels. In each case the story is presented in Japanese and English with a running dictionary of terms used. An audio version of the stories is available as MP3 files on the Internet.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]).
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Table of Contents
1. The first night
2. The third night
3. The fifth night
4. The seventh night
5. In a grove
6. The nose
7. Rashōmon.
2. The third night
3. The fifth night
4. The seventh night
5. In a grove
6. The nose
7. Rashōmon.