Jay Rubin

Jay Rubin has a PhD in Japanese literature from the University of Chicago. His translations include the story collection Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Miner, by Sōseki Natsume and Haruki Murakami’s novels The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood, After Dark and books one and two of 1Q84.

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Fiction | The Online Edition

Filling Up With Sugar

Yuten Sawanishi

‘The vagina was the first part of her mother’s body that turned to sugar.’

Fiction | Issue 61

The Seventh Man

Haruki Murakami

‘I looked up at the sky. A few grey cotton chunks of cloud hung there, motionless.’

Fiction | Issue 74

Thailand

Haruki Murakami

‘Everything had gone well for her until her father died of cancer. Everything—without exception.’

A short story by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin.

Jay Rubin

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Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

Filling Up With Sugar

Yuten Sawanishi

Fiction | Issue 61

Fiction | Issue 61

The Seventh Man

Haruki Murakami

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Thailand

Haruki Murakami

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Fiction | Issue 74

Fiction | Issue 74