Five Translated Japanese Works to Read Autumn 2022
The best picks to add to your reading list
The best picks to add to your reading list
Studying Rip It Up by Kou Machida (Translated by Daniel Joseph)
Matchbox Cine is delighted to be bringing Naoto Yamakawa’s rare cult classic “The New Morning of Billy the Kid” (1986) to western audiences online worldwide from Dec 3 – 5. The film has not been available anywhere with English subtitles…
Introducing two of Kanoko Okamoto’s never-before translated works
A collection of short stories about Japan’s largest earthquake disasters
Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’
Previously untranslated short stories by the prolific Japanese writer
The word “translation” conjures up the idea of conversion between one language and another, with assorted acts of communication involved in those process. Since ancient times past, translation has been part of daily life as people seek contact with other…
Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation