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Breaking into Japanese literature : seven modern classics in parallel text

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This is a graded reader for Japanese literature. There are 7 stories, 4 by Soseki and 3 by Akutagawa, representing 3 different reading levels. In each case the story is presented in Japanese and English with a running dictionary of terms used.

japanese title: Nihongo o yomu tame no nanatsu no monogatari
notes: Japanese title: Nihongo o yomu tame no nanatsu no monogatari. Contents: The first night, The third night, The fifth night, The seventh night, In a grove, The nose, Rashomon.
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9784770028990
OCLC number: 781173913
publisher: Kodansha International, 2003, 2012
publication place: New York
english publication date: 2003
document type: Book
description: 239 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.