Michael Bourdaghs Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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マイケル・ボーダッシュ Scholar & translator of modern Japanese literature, writer/reader of fiction, voracious music fan. 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. @mbourdaghs@mstdn.jp
Let Me Finish
Roger AngellMichael BourdaghsThe list is always expanding, of course, because in the time it takes me to finish one book, I've usually added two or three more to the total. I opened the file this morning to check off as read Roger Angell's autobiography, "Let Me Finish." (2/3)
Paperback, 2007
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tokyo Ueno Station (National Book Award Winner)
Yu MiriMichael BourdaghsComing up October 10: a program featuring playwright, novelist, and essayist, Yu Miri, and her book, "Tokyo Ueno Station," with Morgan Giles' English translation presented by Chicago-based actor, Dwight Sora, and yours truly as interlocutor. REGISTER: https://t.co/T8FSSpoZnR https://t.co/fHWlJQmIao
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945
Seiji ShiraneMichael BourdaghsNew book available via open access: Seiji Shirane, "Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945." https://t.co/UnWfFS5Coz
Paperback, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manga: A Critical Guide
SuzukiMichael BourdaghsNew book: Shige (CJ) Suzuki and Ronald Stewart, "Manga: A Critical Guide"https://t.co/5FeKjUc2te
Hardcover, 2022
$95.00$70.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan: Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters
Saeko KimuraMichael BourdaghsNew book: Saeko Kimura, "Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan: Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters" (trans. Rachel Dinitto and Doug Slaymaker) https://t.co/IstPkzKSbn
Paperback, 2024
$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema
William CarrollMichael BourdaghsNew book: William Carroll, "Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema" https://t.co/E7z0ShVw7E
Paperback, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tsushima: Great Battles Series
Rotem KownerMichael BourdaghsRotem Kowner, "Time to Remember, Time to Forget: The Battle of Tsushima in Japanese Collective Memory since 1905" at Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus https://t.co/oUjjYvsJAV
Hardcover, 2022
$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kanbunmyaku: The Literary Sinitic Context and the Birth of Modern Japanese Language and Literature
Mareshi SaitoMichael BourdaghsHow did I not know until this morning that Saitō Mareshi's "'Kanbunmyaku': The Literary Sinitic Context and the Birth of Modern Japanese Language and Literature" is now available in English translation? https://t.co/rTHULPWuJe
Hardcover, 2020
$63.00$38.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy
Kojin KarataniMichael BourdaghsAdam Gopnik in this week's "New Yorker" takes up Joseph Murphy's translation of Karatani Kojin's "Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy" in a discussion of the limits and potentials of liberal democracy. https://t.co/P1DDlGhKSQ
Paperback, 2017
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Fictional Commons: Natsume Soseki and the Properties of Modern Literature
Michael K. BourdaghsMichael BourdaghsJust announced: "A Fictional Commons: Natsume Soseki and the Properties of Modern Literature," Honorable Mention, 2023 John Whitney Hall Prize, Association for Asian Studies. https://t.co/p6AlkClAUQ https://t.co/NtP9ANhgEE
Paperback, 2021
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book