Jay Rubin

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The United States

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Jay Rubin is an American academic and translator. He is most notable for being one of the main translators into English of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. He has also written a guide to Japanese, Making Sense of Japanese, and a biographical literary analysis of Murakami.

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Jay Rubin's Books

Average rating: 3.97 · 245,031 ratings · 19,604 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors

	Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alehouse #4 Poetry on Tap 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Japanese Writers 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alehouse No. 2 2008 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Injurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 73,854 ratings — published 1994 — 75 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 47,547 ratings — published 2010 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator), Alfred Birnbaum (Translator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 13,737 ratings — published 1993 — 43 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars