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Ralph McCarthy

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Ralph McCarthy

Ralph McCarthy is the translator of two collections of stories by Osamu Dazai—Self Portraits and Blue Bamboo, as well as Fairy-Tale Book of Dazai Osamu. His other translations include Ryu Murakami’s In the Miso Soup, Piercing, Sixty-Nine, and From The Fatherland, With Love.

Articles by Ralph McCarthy

The Last Picture Show

By Ryu Murakami

It felt funny being called a delinquent by a yakuza.

Translated from Japanese by Ralph McCarthy

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Narcissus

I took the watercolor in my hands, looked it over briefly, and ripped it to shreds.

Translated from Japanese by Ralph McCarthy

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Whenever I Sit at a Bar Drinking Like This, I Always Think What a Sacred Profession Bartending Is

By Ryu Murakami

Whenever I sit at a bar drinking like this, I always think what a sacred profession bartending is. The bartender, with the stained-glass shelves of many-colored bottles behind him, moves precisely about…

Translated from Japanese by Ralph McCarthy