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I AM A JAPANESE WRITER A NOVEL I AM A JAPANESE WRITER A NOVEL DANY LAFERRIÈRE translated by DAVID HOMEL Copyright © 2008 Dany Laferrière Translation copyright © 2010 David Homel First U.S. edition 2011 10 11 12 13 14 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. Douglas & McIntyre An imprint of D&M Publishers Inc. 2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201 Vancouver BC Canada V5T 4s7 www.douglas-mcintyre.com Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada ISBN 978-1-55365583-1 (pbk.) • ISBN 978-1-55365-639-5 (ebook) Cover and text design and voodoo doll by Peter Cocking Cover photograph by John Sherlock Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens Text pages printed on acidfree, FSC certified, 100% post consumer paper Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the National Translation Program for Book Publishing, for our translation activities. ........................... TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: For Basho, I wish to acknowledge the versions by Sam Hamill and David Landis Barnhill. The translations of Paul Veyne are my own. DH The beginning of all art in the deep north a rice-planting song BASHO FOR everyone who would like to be someone else Contents The Fastest In America At The Fish Store An Anxious Salmon A Pocket Guide To Asia Life On Your Feet Basho In The Metro The Kiss At The Café Sarajevo The Nippon At The Eiffel Tower The Bjork Voodoo Doll Primitive Painters Objects The Midori Gang A Poison Kiss Eiko's Endless Back Crisscross The Human Machine The Negro's Defeat A Sunday In The Provinces In The Bath La Petite Mort The Final Leap A Song For Midori French Kiss A Ping-Pong Game Do You Like Sushi? Are You A Writer? Manga Death Plato And The Landlord Hideko's Secret The Park The Trojan War A Dish Of Spaghetti In Front Of The Tv Set The Cop's Nightstick The Time Of The Mimosas The Weather Girl The Sorrows Of Mr. Tanizaki Americanize /Japanize Ego Zoom The Coldest Eye Soft Skin Kamikaze The Publisher Of Stockholm The Cannibal In His Hometown Metamorphoses A Splendid View Of The River Chronicle Of A Dispossession Magic Moment Are You Playing The
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