Modern Japanese Literature

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    • Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Emiko Jean
    • Narrated by: Ali Ahn
    • Series: Tokyo Ever After, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 05-18-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 642 ratings
    • The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians in Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Ever After, a “refreshing, spot-on” (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese-American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan....

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    • By: Osamu Dazai, Allison Markin Powell - translator
    • Narrated by: Traci Kato Kiriyama
    • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them....

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    • A Novel (Tokyo Ever After, Book 2)
    • By: Emiko Jean
    • Narrated by: Ali Ahn
    • Series: Tokyo Ever After, Book 2
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 218 ratings
    • When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Alan Tansman
    • Narrated by: Derek Shoales
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A succinct introduction to one of the most dynamic and diverse world literatures, this Very Short Introduction traces the rich history of Japanese literature from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present day....

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    • Mimei Ogawa: The Father of Modern Japanese Fairy Tales
    • By: Mimei Ogawa
    • Narrated by: Masato Ouchida
    • Series: The Father of Modern Japanese Fairy Tales, Book 1
    • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Mimei Ogawa, a prolific author of short stories nearly 100 years ago, is considered to be one of the founding figures of modern Japanese children’s literature. He has also been called the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan because of how his works were influenced by Andersen....

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