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Scribbling in @themainichi @Thetls @telegraph @nippon_en Books include “Yukio Mishima”, “The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London” and 「世界文学のスーパースター夏目漱石」
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El anónimo gato que está detrás de la explosión literaria japonesa

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By Damian Flanagan
| nippon.com
Fuente de inspiración de todo un género Actualmente, en el mundo de habla inglesa, las traducciones de novelas japonesas protagonizadas por gatos o relacionadas con ellos constituyen uno de los géneros más populares. Pero mucha gente desconoce que detrás de casi todas ellas, ya sea como influencia o como inspiración, está Wa-ga-hai wa neko de aru (inglés: I am a Cat; español: Soy un gato), uno de los hitos de la literatura moderna de este país.
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The Unnamed Cat Who Triggered Japan’s Literary Explosion

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By Damian Flanagan
| nippon.com
Japan’s Original Feline Read Japanese novels in translation related to cats currently form one of the most popular genres throughout the English-speaking world. But many people are not aware that nearly all these books have been influenced and inspired by Wagahai wa neko de aru (I Am a Cat), one of the landmark books in modern Japanese literature. Natsume Sōseki’s masterpiece can often confuse and surprise readers who come to it expecting little more than a lightly comical read.
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Sorry Soseki, I wish we had AI translation aeons ago

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By Damian Flanagan
| The Japan Times Verified
Natsume Soseki, the great Meiji-era writer and scholar, famously said that “I love you” should be translated into Japanese as “Tsuki ga kirei desu ne?” ("The moon is beautiful, isn't it?"). Soseki, a masterful novelist and poet, was making a point: The directness of Western declarations of love would sound stilted, if not ridiculous, to a Japanese reader.
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