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product_id: 74128449
title: "The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)"
brand: "jay rubin"
price: "¥8644"
currency: JPY
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
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# The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)

**Brand:** jay rubin
**Price:** ¥8644
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- **What is this?** The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) by jay rubin
- **How much does it cost?** ¥8644 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    interetsing and skillfully edited collection
  

*by T***D on Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2018*

You don't need to read this from beginning to end.  It is not a conventional collection of stories that should be rushed through. You can read the stories of this book in any order. Take your time. Jay Rubin did an excellent job editing this collection using interesting topic headings such as: NATURE AND MEMORY, MODERN LIFE AND OTHER NONSENSE, and DREAD. Murakami has written a worthy and interesting introduction.  Excellent book!

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    Outstanding collection
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019*

This a wonderful collection of short stories and the editor (Jay Rubin) did a good job of organizing the short stories into various categories.  Murakami Haruki did a good job with his introduction (as well as his two short stories included).  I read this on my I phone normally waiting while my wife shopped or I had a few moments to kill waiting for someone.  I had no problem reading the e version of the stories.  As another reviewer stated there is no need to read these stories in order (and in fact I did not do this I picked stories at first based on length and interest from the title).  I enjoyed reading these stories and highly recommend this collection.

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    Some good stories, some amazing stories.
  

*by B***Z on Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018*

I really like Japanese literature so I'm always trying to read new authors and books. These stories were very well chosen, I discovered new authors and absolutely LOVED 'Filling Up with Sugar' , 'The Tale of the House of Physics' and 'Factory Town'.

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