PENGUIN The Book of Japanese Short Stories

I’m not reviewing this for the content, but for the quality of the physical book overall. I bought it as a valentines gift and the quality was so bad I returned it as it would be embarrassing to send. The paper is really flimsy like the free books you used to get in the front of magazines. The print quality is bad too with really small lettering. The cover is flimsy too and mine came with scuffs all over it. Come on Penguin you can do better!! Such a shame.

To broaden my knowledge and understanding of Japanese literature and discover background/era of the Writers Jay Rubin chose to translate and compile for this collection.

Inside of the book is fine but I purchased this book with the promise that it was ‘very good’ quality wise. That’s a stretch at best. The cover is very mangled/creased and ripped on the back. With the inside couple of pages, front and back, also being very mangled. This was meant to be a gift but I’d be embarrassed to give this in this state.

Lots of wonderful stories although the paper used for the pages is very thin

Bought as a gift