Mitsios, editor, New Japanese Voices (1991)

New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan.
Edited by Helen Mitsios.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.

Book Information : Editor's Website; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Editor Information :

• Helen Mitsios, helenmitsios.com.
• Helen Mitsios, New York School of Career and Applied Studies.
• Helen Mitsios, editor. Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Co., 2011.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Helen Mitsios, editor. Beneath the Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary Icelandic Poetry. Northfield, Massachusetts: Talisman House, Publishers, 2014.
  [Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Helen Mitsios, editor. Out of the Blue: New Short Fiction from Iceland. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Helen Mitsios, editor. New Greek Voices: The Best Short Fiction from Greece. New York: Tiber & Hudson Publishers, 2024.
  [Publisher; Amazon.com.]
• Rasia Kliot and Helen Mitsios. Waltzing with the Enemy: A Mother and Daughter Confront the Aftermath of the Holocaust. Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2011.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Contents of New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan :

[Notes: My only complaint is that the book does not explicitly state when the stories were originally published; the 1980s is most likely for all of them.

Each entry in this list contians: author's name as it appears in New Japanese Voices, which may differ from its appearance in other sources; English Wikipedia article for the author, if available; Japanese Wikipedia article for the author, always available; story title; translator name.
When there is overlap in how an author's name appears in New Japanese Voices and his English Wikipedia page, I collapse the two together.
The Japanese Wikipedia article about an author is usually much more informative than an English Wikipedia article, if one even exists. I recommend using a web browser that will translate webpages for you.
This is my explanation for why so many names may be given for an author.

For some authors I listed other works available in English translation; for some authors I could find no other works in English translation; for some well known authors (for example, Murakami and Yoshimoto) I didn't list any additional works.]


1. Masahiko Shimada, 島田 雅彦 (b. 1961), "A Callow Fellow of Jewish Descent," Translated by Hiroaki Sato.
   Other work by Shimada Masahiko available in English translation include:
   • Masahiko Shimada, Dream Messenger [1989], Translated by Philip Gabriel, Kodansha, 1992.
     [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
   • Shimada Masahiko, "Desert Dolphin" [1992], Translated by Kenneth Richard, in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories, Edited by Theodore W. Goossen, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
     [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com, 1997; Amazon.com, 2010.]
   • Masahiko Shimada, Death By Choice [2003], Translated by Meredith McKinney, Anthem Press, 2013.
     [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
2. Haruki Murakami, 村上 春樹 (b. 1949), "On Meeting My 100 Percent Woman One Fine April Morning" [1981], Translated by Kevin Flanagan and Tamotsu Omi.
   Also published in:
   • Haruki Murakami. The Elephant Vanishes: Stories. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993; New York: Vintage International, 1994.
     ("On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning," Translated by Jay Rubin.)
     [Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
3. Makoto Shiina, 椎名誠 (b. 1944), "Swallowtails," Translated by Joseph Farrar.
4. Seikoh Itoh, いとうせいこう, 伊藤 正幸, Ito Seiko (b. 1961), "God is Nowhere; God is Now Here," Translated by William J. Tyler.
   Several translated works by Seiko Ito are listed on Amazon.com but none of them are in English.
   A Google search of Seiko Ito produces some meaningful results in English:
   • Seiko Ito, Discogs.
   • Seiko Ito, "From Radio Imagination," Translated by Hart Larrabee, The Massachusetts Review, Volume 57, Number 4, Winter 2016, pp. 671-691.
   • Watch Seiko.
   • seikoito, X / twitter.
   • Tea with Seiko Ito and Keijiro Suga, Japanese Fika, vol.09, 07/26/2024, PaperSky.
     ("Japanese Fika" is a series of interviews conducted by Seiko Ito published on the PaperSky website.)
   • Seiko Ito, Fred Perry UK.
5. Eimi Yamada, Amy Yamada, 山田　詠美 (b. 1959), "X-Rated Blanket," Translated by Nina Cornyetz.
   Other work by Yamada Amy available in English translation include:
   • Amy Yamada. Trash. Translated by Sonya L. Johnson. Kodansha, 1994.
     [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
   • Amy Yamada. Bedtime Eyes. Translated by Marc Jardine and Yumi Gunji. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.
     (Contains the novellas: "Bedtime Eyes," "The Piano Player's Fingers" and "Jesse.")
     [Amazon.com.]
   • Amy Yamada, "Fiesta" in Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women, Kodansha, 2006.
     [Amazon.com.]
6. Yang Ji Lee, Lee Yangji, 李良枝 (1955 – 1992), "Yu-Hee," Translated by Constance Prener.
   Excerpt from Yuhi (1988) which won the 100th Akutagawa Prize in 1989.
7. Sei Takekawa, 竹河 聖, "On a Moonless Night," Translated by Mauricio Lorence.
8. Kyoji Kobayashi, 小林恭二 (b. 1957), "Living in a Maze," Translated by David Hanna.
9. Genichiro Takahashi, 高橋源一郎 (b. 1951), "The Imitation of Leibniz," Translated by Minoru Mochizuki.
   Other work by Genichiro Takahashi available in English translation:
   • Genichiro Takahashi. Sayonara, Gangsters [1982]. Translated by Michael Emmerich. New York: Vertical, 2004.
     [Publisher; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.]
10. Tamio Kageyama, 景山 民夫 (1947–1998), "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," Translated by James Dorsey.
11. Mariko Hayashi, 林 真理子 (b. 1954), "Wine," Translated by Dawn Lawson.
12. Banana Yoshimoto, 吉本ばなな (b. 1964), "Kitchen," Translated by Ann Sherif.
    Excerpt from:
    • Banana Yoshimoto. Kitchen [1988]. Translated by Megan Backus. New York: Grove / Atlantic, 1993.
      [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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