Mizuki Tsujimura

Aug 20, 2024 | womensprize.com | Jungeun Yun |Riku Onda |Mizuki Tsujimura |Lynsey Passmore

This Women in Translation month we’ve teamed up with our friends at Doubleday, home to bestselling translated fiction including Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura and What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, and one of their translators, Shanna Tan, to share some thoughts on one of the biggest trends in translated fiction: healing fiction. The Power of Healing FictionWritten by Shanna TanHealing fiction, to me, is a safe space.

Oct 12, 2023 | vnexplorer.net | Mizuki Tsujimura |Haruki Murakami |Osamu Dazai |Shion Miura

1. Lonely Castle in the Mirror, 2. Kafka on the Shore, 3. Norwegian Wood, 4. No Longer Human, 5. Kokoro, 6. Rashomon, 7. The Easy Life in Kamusari, 8. Kitchen, 9. Night on the Galactic Railroad, 10. The Sound of Waves, 11. I Am a Cat, 12. Snow Country. Are you an avid reader? Japanese novels are recommended for avid readers. The best Japanese novels to read in English, written by Japanese authors, are recommended reading for bookworms as well as those interested in Japanese culture.

Jul 28, 2023 | citylights.com | Mizuki Tsujimura

Translator: Philip Gabriel Paperback Price: $16.95 Lonely Castle in the Mirror quantity Overview INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation “that lays bare the anxieties and desperation–and the small triumphs–of adolescence” (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Heaven. Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school,...

Jun 7, 2023 | nuvomagazine.com | Mizuki Tsujimura

The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life by Rune ChristiansenNorwegian luminary Rune Christiansen breaks The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life, winner of Norway’s prestigious Brage Prize, into a series of vignettes, which gradually invite readers into the titular protagonist’s life and a series of unexpected connections. A veterinarian in rural Norway, Lydia is suddenly struck by an acute and unfamiliar sense of loneliness.