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 1629 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.

Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin
3.91930 reads
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
4.06524 reads
After Dark
After Dark
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
3.64301 reads
The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Alfred Birnbaum (translator)
  • Jay Rubin (translator)
3.66111 reads
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
  • Philip Gabriel (Translator)
3.7880 reads
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.8832 reads
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
  • Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
  • Kafū Nagai
  • Natsume Sōseki
  • Ōgai Mori
  • Yukio Mishima
  • Yūko Tsushima
  • Taeko Kōno
  • Kenji Nakagami
  • Banana Yoshimoto
  • Minako Ohba
  • Fumiko Enchi
  • Abe Akira
  • Yōko Ogawa
  • Doppo Kunikida
  • Uno Kōji
  • Genji Keita
  • Minoru Betsuyaku
  • Mieko Kawakami
  • Shinichi Hoshi
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  • Sawanishi Yuten
  • Hyakken Uchida
  • Ota Yoko
  • Yuichi Seirai
  • Yasunari Kawabata
  • Akiyuki Nosaka
  • Tomoyuki Hoshino
  • Kazumi Saeki
  • Aoko Matsuda
  • Yūya Satō
3.913 reads
The Life of a Stupid Man
The Life of a Stupid Man
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.9616 reads
Tony Takitani
Tony Takitani
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
410 reads
The Miner
The Miner
  • Natsume Sōseki
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
52 reads
Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You
Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You
  • Jay Rubin
4.336 reads
Cover 3

Three Japanese Short Stories

Three Japanese Short Stories
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kafū Nagai, Koji Uno
  • Jay Rubin
3.46 reads
Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words
Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words
  • Jay Rubin
00 reads
Hell Screen
Hell Screen
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
3.255 reads
The Seventh Man
The Seventh Man
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (translator)
  • Philip Gabriel (translator)
3.52 reads
The sun gods
The sun gods
  • Jay Rubin
21 read
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (translator)
01 read
The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day
The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
3.52 reads
Hunting Knife
Hunting Knife
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Philip Gabriel (translator)
  • Jay Rubin (translator)
32 reads
Making Sense of Japanese : What the Textbooks Don't Tell You
Making Sense of Japanese : What the Textbooks Don't Tell You
  • Jay Rubin
31 read
Cover 6

Modern Japanese Writers

Modern Japanese Writers
    00 reads
    Cover 5

    Injurious to Public Morals

    Injurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State
    • Jay Rubin
    00 reads
    Cover 1

    Alehouse #4 Poetry on Tap

    Alehouse #4 Poetry on Tap
      00 reads
      Cover 6

      Great Japanese Stories

      Great Japanese Stories
      • Various
      • Jay Rubin
      00 reads
      Landscape with Flatiron
      Landscape with Flatiron
      • Haruki Murakami
      • Jay Rubin (translator)
      • Philip Gabriel (translator)
      00 reads