Spring Garden (Japanese Novellas) by Tomoka Shibasaki, PollyBarton Paperback, 154 Pages, Published 2017 by Pushkin Press ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-270-0, ISBN: 1-78227-270-4
"Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a sharp, photo-realistic novella of memory and thwarted hope: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing Divorced and cut off from his family, Taro lives alone in one of the few occupied apartments in his block, a block that is to be torn down as soon as the remaining tenants leave. Since the death of his father, Taro keeps to himself, but is soon drawn into an u ..."
Fifty Sounds by PollyBarton Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2021 by Fitzcarraldo Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-913097-50-9, ISBN: 1-913097-50-1
"In this dazzling debut, Polly Barton reflects on her experience of moving to the Japanese island of Sado at the age of twenty-one and on her journey to becoming a literary translator."
Porn An Oral History by Barton, Polly Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2024 by Fitzcarraldo Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-80427-040-0, ISBN: 1-80427-040-7
"A landmark work of oral history interrogating everything and anything related to porn."
""Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese underground, these stories borrow themes and subjects familiar to readers of Philip K. Dick and fuses them with a conflicted, tortured, and intense ..."
"In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services―from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent h ..."
Butter A Novel of Food and Murder by Yuzuki, Asako, Barton, Polly Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2024 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-323640-0, ISBN: 0-06-323640-0
So We Look to the Sky A Novel (Hardback) by Misumi Kubo Hardcover, Published 2021 by Skyhorse Publishing, United States, New York ISBN-13: 978-1-951627-71-3, ISBN: 1-951627-71-7
Fifty Sounds A Memoir of Language, Learning, and Longing Format: Hardcover by Barton, Polly Hardcover, Published 2022 by Ww Norton Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-324-09131-8, ISBN: 1-324-09131-2
NorthStar(2nd Edition) Listening and Speaking Level 1, Second Edition by Polly Merdinger, Laurie Barton, Longman Do Brasil Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2009 by Pearson Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-13-613335-3, ISBN: 0-13-613335-5
" Northstar, now in a new edition, motivates students to succeed in their academic as well as personal language goals. For each of the five levels, the two strands — Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking — provide a fully integrated approach for students and teachers. What is Special about the New Edition? New Themes and Updated Content — presented in a variety of genres and in authentic materials — chall ..."
NorthStar(1st Edition) Focus on Listening and Speaking (Student Book, Introductory Level) by Polly Merdinger, Laurie Barton Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2002 by Pearson Esl ISBN-13: 978-0-201-61980-5, ISBN: 0-201-61980-6
Fifty Sounds A Memoir of Language, Learning, and Longing by PollyBarton 271 Pages, Published 2022 by Liveright Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-324-09132-5, ISBN: 1-324-09132-0
"But this is precisely how Barton has come to define language learning: “It is the always-bruised but ever-renewing desire to draw close: to a person, a territory, a culture, an idea, an indefinable feeling.” Engaging and penetrating, ..."