Monkey Business, Volume 1 2011: New Writing from Japan

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Monkey Business, Volume 1 2011: New Writing from Japan

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Monkey Business is the in-translation offspring of the Tokyo-based magazine MONKEY, which was founded in 2008 by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most highly regarded men of letters. Monkey Business showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. It aims to translate and present a wide array of established and emerging authors. Issue 1 includes an interview with Haruki Murakami, fiction by Hideo Furukawa, Hiromi Kawakami, and Yoko Ogawa, a manga interpretation of Kafka’s A Country Doctor by the Brother and Sister Nishioka, and many more of the best contemporary voices that Japan has to offer. With the generous support of the Nippon Foundation, A Public Space is the publisher and partner of Monkey Business. Monkey Business and APS first conceived of Monkey Business when Shibata curated a portfolio of Japanese literature in the debut issue of APS.

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Published May, 2011
ISBN 35403700
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Motoyuki Shibata is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Motoyuki Shibata enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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