Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan, No. 2

Tokyo-based magazine Monkey Business, founded in 2008 by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most highly regarded men of letters, published its second issue in May 2012.

MBI showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. It aims to translate and present a wide array of established and emerging authors. Issue 1 included an interview with Haruki Murakami, fiction by Yoko Ogawa, and a manga interpretation of Kafka’s A Country Doctor by the Brother and Sister Nishioka.

Issue 2 once again features work by Haruki Murakami, as well as
Stuart Dybek and Hideo Furukawa.

via Meg Taylor
May 22, 2012

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan, No. 2 published

Tokyo-based magazine Monkey Business, founded in 2008 by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most highly regarded men of letters, published its second issue in May 2012.

MBI showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. It aims to translate and present a wide array of established and emerging authors. Issue 1 included an interview with Haruki Murakami, fiction by Yoko Ogawa, and a manga interpretation of Kafka’s A Country Doctor by the Brother and Sister Nishioka.

Issue 2 once again features work by Haruki Murakami, as well as
Stuart Dybek and Hideo Furukawa.

via Meg Taylor