Exploring Japanese Literature
Breaking News…
Kodansha just sent me their Fall 2007 / Winter 2008 catalog. Wow. I still write ‘06 on checks.
とにかく, I learned today Giles Murray is coming out with a new bilingual reader this Fall called Exploring Japanese Literature. Many of you have his Breaking into Japanese Literature book - and if you don’t, you should! (I would recommend it for Intermediates up) Apparently it is in a similar style with Japanese on the left, English on the right and a running gloss at the bottom. There isn’t any information at Kodansha’s site yet.
If it is anything like Breaking into, it will automatically be on my top ten list of must have books for studying Japanese.
See Giles Murray’s site for more.
Hello,
The new book, called “Exploring Japanese Literature” should be coming out in Japan over the weekend June 23-4, though I think it will take a further two months before it goes on sale in the United States. My website was redesigned for this book and now includes an online discussion group where people can propose how they would have translated things differently to me.
There’s also a sample of a mysterious audio-visual technique for learning Japanese ideograms called “Acid Kanji” shown on the site.
Thanks for your kind words about “Breaking.”
Best Regards,
Giles Murray
Wow! What an honor. Thank you for stopping by and for leaving a comment!
We are all looking forward to the new book. I will be sure to push it as soon as it comes to the States.
Keep up the great work.