Teaching a course I'm calling "Around the world in 40 stories". I have most of the world covered, but I need more short stories from Asia (Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Afghan, etc.) I know a lot of novels from the area, but not enough short stories. Hit me with your favorites!
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Japanese story: "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo," by Murakami, in AFTER THE QUAKE.
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I’ve also enjoyed teaching “U.F.O. in Kushiro” from the same collection. It’s available at New Yorker website.
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My favorite is an older one, I think, “The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day”
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Don't know that one, will seek it out.
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I don’t either, and ditto
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And please tell me if it still stands up. it's been years.
Oh and then there’s Aoko Matsuda’s delightful “Love Isn’t Easy When You’re the National Anthem,” in which the Japanese national anthem has a crush on a schoolboy who won’t sing it:
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