In The Japan Times James Hadfield profiles The 'dwarf' architect of Japan's literary boom, Shibata Motoyuki (柴田元幸)
Among the observations: he: "still finds it hard to convince American editors how good [Kawakami Hiromi] is" (the author of The Briefcase (UK title: Strange Weather in Tokyo) and Manazuru).
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Among the observations: he: "still finds it hard to convince American editors how good [Kawakami Hiromi] is" (the author of The Briefcase (UK title: Strange Weather in Tokyo) and Manazuru).
And:
"Japanese literature is in great shape now," Shibata says. "So many writers are trying so many different things. It's really a wonderful time for literature."Hopefully, this will eventually also translate abroad .....