12 Aug 2019

Japanese stories for English readers

From Afternoons, 1:31 pm on 12 August 2019

Our next guest has been based in Japan for 20 years, teaching translation studies and literature.

Richard Donovan has just finished a book translating modern Japanese short stories into English for the first time. 

He's in studio to tell us about the book, Translating Modern Japanese Literature, and to share a reading with us.

You can find out more about the book here

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