Super-frog Saves Tokyo by Murakami Haruki

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 @ 12:20 pm by in Books, Culture, Media Views: 1,180

Was telling a friend about my favorite Murakami Haruki works over lunch a few weeks ago and started talking about “Super-frog Saves Tokyo,” which is in the collection called “After the Quake.”

If you’re looking for this in Japanese, the Japanese title of the story is 『かえるくん、東京を救う』and the collection is called『神の子供たちはみな踊る』, which is named after another story in the collection.

I had only ever read Super-frog Saves Tokyo in Japanese, and wasn’t aware that an English translation was available, but there is!

Here is an English translation of Super-frong Saves Tokyo that I found on the web. Not sure how that got there…. But if you like it, you’ll probably also like the other short stories in the collection, so do pick up the book.

Enjoy!

Also on Kindle: After the Quake on Kindle

- Harvey

  • http://www.fifthdreamtoday.com FifthDream

    I love Murakami, and would recommend any of his works. I’ve enjoyed all of his books and stories.

  • Bobby

    My favorite of his that I’ve read is 納屋を焼く (translated into English under the title “Barn Burning”, I believe). Just starting to reread it, in fact. Though I’m also (very slowly) working through 1Q84.

  • http://www.guidedtourtokyo.com Tokyo

    I love Murakami, and would recommend any of his works. I’ve enjoyed all of his books and stories.

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