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Alfred Birnbaum

Author of Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction

4+ Works 333 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the names: Alfled Birnbaum, Alfred Birnbaum -, アルフレッド・バーンバウム, アルフレッド・?ーン?ウム

Series

Works by Alfred Birnbaum

Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction (1991) — Editor — 243 copies, 1 review
Zen For Cats: Teachings Of The Zen Cat Masters (1993) 76 copies
Boro Boro Essays (1995) — Contributor and Translator — 13 copies
In the Afterglow of TV Land. 1 copy
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Associated Works

A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1989) — Translator, some editions — 8,536 copies, 151 reviews
Dance Dance Dance (1988) — Translator, some editions — 6,547 copies, 103 reviews
The Elephant Vanishes: Stories (1993) — Translator, some editions — 5,267 copies, 83 reviews
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (1997) — Translator, some editions — 2,879 copies, 64 reviews
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland (1985) — Translator, some editions — 1,469 copies, 41 reviews
All She Was Worth (1992) — Translator, some editions — 625 copies, 27 reviews
Vintage Murakami (2004) — Translator — 244 copies, 2 reviews
Norwegian Wood, Part 1 (1987) — some editions — 198 copies, 3 reviews
Norwegian Wood, Part 2 (1987) — Translator, some editions — 138 copies, 2 reviews
Smile as they Bow (1994) — Translator, some editions — 83 copies, 6 reviews
Mariko/Mariquita (Keshiki) (2017) — Translator — 15 copies

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GirlMeetsTractor379 reviews
Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction by Alfred Birnbaum
Read this years - decades - ago. It really expanded my then young mind as to what short stories could be.
Mar 22, 2020

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Rating
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ISBNs
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