Read Real Japanese: Essays
ISBN-13: 9781568366180
Contributor(s): Janet Ashby
Subject: Foreign Language Learning
Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books
Publication Date: 09-12-2021
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£24.00
About the book
8 essays by leading Japanese writers (including Banana Yoshimoto and Haruki Murakami) presented in vertical format with translation on facing page and a series of notes that elucidate nuance, grammar, culture. At the back is a Japanese-English dictionary tailor-made to cover all the words included in the essays, and the book comes with a free audio download that contains a professional nar ration of all the works, to familiarise you with the sound, rhythm and speed at which the language is spoken. By turns humorous, serious, beautiful and biting, all have been selected on the basis of their appeal. They are stimulating works that will motivate readers to want more.