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Books di Rubin Jay
Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words
Rubin Jay
edizioni Random House Uk Ltd , 2005
As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds?jazz, classical, folk, rock?and has more than six thousand records at home. And when he writes, his words have a music all their own,...
The Sun Gods
Rubin Jay
edizioni Chin Music Pr collana Chin Music Pr (Paperback) , 2015
This poignant novel by Haruki Murakami's main translator depicts the unusual relationship between a strong Japanese woman and her erstwhile American son. Arriving in Seattle before the outbreak of World War II, Mitsuko Fukai falls in love with a widowed clergyman. Though their relationship does not survive wartime,...
Making Sense of Japanese
Rubin Jay
edizioni Kodansha USA Inc collana Kodansha USA Inc (Paperback) , 2013
Making Sense of Japanese is the fruit of one foolhardy American's thirty-year struggle to learn and teach the Language of the Infinite. Previously known as Gone Fishin', this book has brought Jay Rubin more feedback than any of his literary translations or scholarly tomes, "even if," he says, "you discount the hate...