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Murakami fans will be drawn to this - not only did he write the new 5,000 word introduction, he also has two characters discuss the book in his own novel Kafka on the Shore Jay Rubin is a prominent translator and expert on Japanese literature and a recently published author. He lives in the USA and is available for interview and promotional events Jay's translation has been extensively revised for this edition Huge interest from UK literary press including several serialization offers for the introduction Soseki is Japan's answer to Dickens: his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000-yen note for 20 years