[DeepL Translation - needs review] Translating Haruki Murakami,
Difficulty and Interest
Haruki Murakami's masterpiece short story "Kaeru-kun, Saving Tokyo," which describes the fierce battle between Kaeru-kun and Mimizukun, is fully translated into English by Jay Rubin, and the translation points are explained in detail. This is the long-awaited book version of the NHK radio program "Haruki Murakami in English: Japanese Literature in the World" (broadcast in the second half of 2013).
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Cute Story by Murakami
I enjoyed reading this story in my Japanese classes. I will say that Murakami does write in a way that makes the dialogue a bit difficult to follow if you aren’t familiar with his works, or colloquial Japanese. A good starter short story for intermediate folks.