Book cover for Katanagatari 2 (Paperback) by Nisioisin

Katanagatari 2 (Paperback)

Nisioisin
2022 Released
298 Pages
4-6 Hours
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VerticalISBN 9781647291686
Translated by Sam Bett
"Light novels have not been my thing, [...] but reading Katanagatari was as close to a conversion experience as I'm likely to come. It also stands as, to date, a go-to example for how to translate a work of popular culture where a good half or more of it would be lost in translation." - Ganriki.org

Swordless "swordsman" Shichika and self-described "schemer" Togame are on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades. Introducing narrative curveballs that break up the structure and modulate the tempo, this paperback edition, featuring beautiful interior art and copious bilingual footnotes, is the second of a quartet collecting a best-selling series from the former homeland of samurais and ninjas.

Now in paperback!

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Sam Bett

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Sam Bett is a fiction writer and Japanese translator. His translation of Yukio Mishima’s Star won the 2019–2020 Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.

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