Philip Gabriel

About The Author

PhilipGabriel is the author of Mad Wives and Island Dreams: Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature and Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature and has translated many novels and short stories by the writer Haruki Murakami and other modern writers. He is recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (2001) for his translation of Senji Kuroi’s Life in the Cul-de-Sac, and the 2006 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for his translation of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.  

Books by Philip Gabriel

Dinner at the Night Library

The perfect next comfort read for lovers of Japanese fiction

Translated by Philip Gabriel
For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki BookshopTranslated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of The Travelling Cat ChroniclesThe Night Library is no ordinary library.Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of deceased famous ...
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