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James Philip Gabriel

  • Professor, East Asian Studies
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-5460
  • Learning Services Building, Rm. 102
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • jgabriel@arizona.edu
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  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

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2022-23 Courses

  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 450 (Spring 2023)
  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 550 (Spring 2023)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2023)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2022)
  • Murakami & Modern Japan Lit
    JPN 430 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 450 (Spring 2022)
  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 550 (Spring 2022)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2022)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2021)
  • Murakami & Modern Japan Lit
    JPN 430 (Fall 2021)
  • Murakami & Modern Japan Lit
    JPN 530 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 450 (Spring 2021)
  • Contemporary Japanese Lit
    JPN 550 (Spring 2021)
  • Independent Study
    JPN 599 (Spring 2021)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2021)
  • Thesis
    JPN 910 (Spring 2021)

2019-20 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    EAS 498H (Spring 2020)
  • Independent Study
    JPN 599 (Spring 2020)
  • Japanese Literature
    JPN 496A (Spring 2020)
  • Japanese Literature
    JPN 596A (Spring 2020)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2020)
  • Honors Thesis
    EAS 498H (Fall 2019)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2019)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 430 (Fall 2019)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 530 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Japanese Literature
    JPN 496A (Spring 2019)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2019)
  • Research
    JPN 900 (Spring 2019)
  • Thesis
    EAS 910 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    EAS 498H (Fall 2018)
  • Independent Study
    JPN 599 (Fall 2018)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2018)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 430 (Fall 2018)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 530 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Japanese Literature
    JPN 496A (Spring 2018)
  • Japanese Literature
    JPN 596A (Spring 2018)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2018)
  • Senior Capstone
    EAS 498 (Spring 2018)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2017)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 430 (Fall 2017)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 530 (Fall 2017)
  • Senior Capstone
    EAS 498 (Fall 2017)
  • Thesis
    JPN 910 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Dissertation
    JPN 920 (Spring 2017)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2017)
  • Senior Capstone
    EAS 498 (Spring 2017)
  • Thesis
    JPN 910 (Spring 2017)
  • Dissertation
    JPN 920 (Fall 2016)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Fall 2016)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 430 (Fall 2016)
  • Literature of Modern Japan
    JPN 530 (Fall 2016)
  • Senior Capstone
    EAS 498 (Fall 2016)
  • Thesis
    JPN 910 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Independent Study
    JPN 599 (Spring 2016)
  • Japanese Literature+War
    JPN 310 (Spring 2016)
  • Modern Japanese Lit
    JPN 447B (Spring 2016)
  • Modern Japanese Lit
    JPN 547B (Spring 2016)
  • Senior Capstone
    EAS 498 (Spring 2016)
  • Thesis
    JPN 910 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Books

  • Gabriel, J. P. (2022). Novelist as Vocation. Knopf.
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    Co-translation of essay collection Shokugyo to shite no shosetsuka, by Haruki Murakami., published in November, 2022
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2019). A Beautiful Presence. Daisy Lin, Inc. (Tokyo).
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2019). The Forest of Wool and Steel. Doubleday UK.
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    This is a translator of the novel "Hitsuji to hagane no mori," by Natsu Miyashita.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2018). Killing Commendatore (co-translation of novel by Haruki Murakami, pub. in US in Oct., 2018). Knopf.
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    This is a co-translation of Haruki Murakami's novel Killing Commendatore. It was published in the US in October, 2018.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2018). The Travelling Cat Chronicles (trans. of novel by Hiro Arikawa). This is the US edition of book pub in UK in 2017.. Berkley.
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    Translation of of novel by Hiro Arikawa. This is the US edition of book pub in UK in 2017.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2017). Men Without Women (Co-translation of short story collection by Haruki Murakami.). Knopf Publishing.
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    Co-translation of short story collection by Haruki Murakami.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2017). Penance (Translation of novel by Kanae Minato.). Mullholland Publishing.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2017). The Traveling Cat Chronicles. Published by Penguin Random House UK in Fall 2017.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2014). Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.. Knopf.
    More info
    Translation of the Japanese novel Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to, Kare no Junrei no Toshi, by Haruki Murakami. I was the sole translator.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2014). Genocide of One.. Mulholland.
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    Translation of the Japanese novel "Genocide" by Kazuaki Takano. I was the sole translator.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2014). Parade. Vintage.
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    Translation of the Japanese novel Parade, by Shuichi Yoshida. I was the sole translator.

Chapters

  • Gabriel, J. P. (2022). "Miura Ayako and the Human Face of Faith". In Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers.
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    Chapter submitted and accepted for the volume Handbook of Japanese Christian Writers, ed. Van Gessel and Mark Williams. Published by MHM Ltd., Tokyo, Sept. 2022. (My chapter is on pages 207-231.)

Reviews

  • Gabriel, J. P. (2015. Review of The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami, by Matthew Carl Strecher.(p. 7).

Others

  • Gabriel, J. P. (2020, February). "With the Beatles". The New Yorker.
    More info
    Translation of a short story by Haruki Murakami, pub. in Feb17&24, 2020 issue.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2020, June). "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey". The New Yorker.
    More info
    Translation of a short story by Haruki Murakami.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2020, October). "On a Stone Pillow". Freeman's.
    More info
    This is a translation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. I have not yet received a copy, so do not know the page numbers.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2019, January). "Cream". The New Yorker.
    More info
    Translation of short story by Haruki Murakami.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2019, June). Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova. GRANTA.
    More info
    Translation of short story by Haruki Murakami, published in the Summer 2019 Issue of GRANTA (UK).
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2019, October). Abandoning a Cat: Memories of My Father. The New Yorker.
    More info
    Translation of an essay by Haruki Murakami.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2018, September). "Wind Cave" (Translation of short story by Haruki Murakami). The New Yorker, Sept. 3, 2018 p.56-60.
    More info
    Translation of short story by Haruki Murakami.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2017, Spring). "The Meaning of Shadows" (Translation of Haruki Murakami’s speech “Kage wo motsu imi”; given when he received the Hans Christian Andersen Prize. Monkey Vol. 11: 138-147..
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2015, February). "Kino." Translation of short story by Haruki Murakami.. The New Yorker.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2015, March). “Stance Dots.” Translation of short story by Toshiyuki Horie.. Words Without Borders. http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/stance-dots.
  • Gabriel, J. P. (2014, June). “Yesterday.”. The New Yorker, June 9 & 16, 2014: 74-87..
    More info
    Translation of short story "Yesterday" by Haruki Murakami.

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