MONKEY is more fun than anything called literature has a right to be. Some of the most imaginative writing in the world just so happens to hail from Japan." –Roland Kelts, Nikkei Asia
"An astonishment, by turns playful and profound" –Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"MONKEY is full of deep, funny, wild, scary, fabulous, moving, surprising, brilliant work." –Laird Hunt, author of Neverhome
"A sampler of Japanese literature in translation that gives you tastes of varied, sumptuous flavors." –Eric Margolis, Tokyo Weekender