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Ginny Tapley Takemori
Ginny Tapley Takemori is a translator from Japanese, and has translated fiction by more than a dozen early modern and contemporary Japanese writers, ranging from such early literary giants as Izumi Kyoka and Okamoto Kido to contemporary bestsellers Miyuki Miyabe and Ryu Murakami. Her translation... show more



Ginny Tapley Takemori is a translator from Japanese, and has translated fiction by more than a dozen early modern and contemporary Japanese writers, ranging from such early literary giants as Izumi Kyoka and Okamoto Kido to contemporary bestsellers Miyuki Miyabe and Ryu Murakami. Her translation of Tomiko Inui's The Secret of the Blue Glass was longlisted for the Carnegie Prize. Her short fiction translations have appeared in Granta, Words Without Borders, and a number of anthologies, and she has also translated nonfiction books about Japanese art, theater, and history.

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Maya's Musings
Maya's Musings rated it 5 years ago
Self-deprecating thirty-six-year-old Keiko Furukura lives in Tokyo. Her family is not happy with the way she is. She is awkward, never has felt as though she fits in anywhere . . . until she starts working at the local convenience store. Here, she finds that she can understand and work with the peo...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 6 years ago
[My first full review since April! ::tears of joy:: Maybe I'll be able to write more?] Keiko is a non-neurotypical Japanese woman. As a young child, she learned that she didn't view the world the same way as other people. When she saw a dead bird, for example, other children grieved over it while ...
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it 6 years ago
A very weird book that I related to (but not too much) and read at the right time.
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