Jay Rubin

Jay Rubin

Jay Rubin was born in 1941, Jay Rubin has written at least 23 books. Their most popular book is Norwegian Wood with 1623 saves with an average rating of 3.91⭐.

Author Bio

Jay Rubin (born 1941) is an American translator, writer, scholar and Japanologist. He is one of the main translators of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami into English. He has also written a guide to Japanese, Making Sense of Japanese (originally titled Gone Fishin'), and a biographical literary analysis of Murakami.

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin

1987 • 1,623 Readers • 389 pages 3.9

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator)

1994 • 1,008 Readers • 607 pages 4.1

After Dark

After Dark
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator)

2004 • 551 Readers • 191 pages 3.6

The Elephant Vanishes

The Elephant Vanishes
ByHaruki Murakami,Alfred Birnbaum(translator),+1 more

1993 • 219 Readers • 336 pages 3.7

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator),+1 more

2006 • 156 Readers • 436 pages 3.8

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

1915 • 95 Readers • 268 pages 3.9

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

13 The Penguin Books of Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
ByJun'ichirō Tanizaki,Kafū Nagai,+28 more

2018 • 65 Readers • 576 pages 3.9

The Life of a Stupid Man

The Life of a Stupid Man
ByJay Rubin(Translator),Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

53 Readers • 62 pages 4

Tony Takitani

Tony Takitani
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator)

2005 • 21 Readers • 44 pages 4

The Miner

The Miner
ByNatsume Sōseki,Jay Rubin(Translator)

1908 • 13 Readers • 271 pages 5

Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You

8 Power Japanese

1992 • 11 Readers • 136 pages 4.3

Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words

2002 • 8 Readers • 344 pages

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Three Japanese Short Stories
ByRyūnosuke Akutagawa, Kafū Nagai, Koji Uno,Jay Rubin

8 Readers 3.4

Hell Screen

Hell Screen
ByRyūnosuke Akutagawa,Jay Rubin(Translator)

2022 • 8 Readers • 214 pages 3.3

The sun gods

The sun gods
ByJay Rubin

3 Readers 2

The Seventh Man

The Seventh Man
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(translator),+1 more

1996 • 2 Readers • 15 pages 3

The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day

The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator)

2005 • 2 Readers • 24 pages 3.5

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(translator)

2002 • 2 Readers • 15 pages

Making Sense of Japanese : What the Textbooks Don't Tell You

8 Power Japanese

1992 • 1 Reader • 136 pages 3

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Modern Japanese Writers
ByJay Rubin(Editor)

2000 • 1 Reader

Hunting Knife

Hunting Knife
ByHaruki Murakami,Philip Gabriel(translator),+1 more

2003 • 1 Reader • 16 pages

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Alehouse #4 Poetry on Tap
ByJay Rubin(Editor)

2010 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

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Great Japanese Stories
ByVarious,Jay Rubin

1 Reader • 260 pages

Landscape with Flatiron

Landscape with Flatiron
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(translator),+1 more

1998