Japan's cool novels overseas

[gkanai]

A tiny 2 person publishing company in NYC translating Japanese books for an international audience does not make a trend. "Japan's Gross National Cool" only goes so far. Motoko Rich, you are stretching too far on this...

Now That Japan Is Cool, Its Fiction Seeks U.S. Fans

[Taro Toporific]

A tiny 2 person publishing company in NYC translating Japanese books for an international audience does not make a trend. "Japan's Gross National Cool" only goes so far. Motoko Rich, you are stretching too far on this...

Now That Japan Is Cool, Its Fiction Seeks U.S. Fans

On sloooooow afternoons, Mega-Bimbo, my ocha-girl would read to me outloud whatever H novel she was reading at the time. Yowza! Real Japanese novels may not translate well. They make English Romance novels seem wildly quaint: always featured in her novels were gay-boy true love, OL reaming with odd impliments, and gore, gore, and more gore.