{"product_id":"9780143118336","title":"New Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories in Japanese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of Japanese fiction over the past few decades in a collection that is equally rewarding for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of English or Japanese.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052534874352,"sku":"9780143118336","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143118336_p0.jpg?v=1763656688","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143118336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}