ケビン・バテルミの日本を描いた短編集

ケビン・バテルミが書くフィクションはニューヨークを舞台にしたものが多いが、2003年に初来日して以来、行脚して綴った短編集「Dreaming Hokusai」（2019年出版）は日本各地を舞台とする。北斎が人物をリアルにコミカルに描いたように、バテルミは昨今の日本を架空の登場人物に投影する。本書はその翻訳本であり、「僕の中のバカジン」は短編集の中の一編であり、​他「世界の始まり」「記憶喪失」「印された男」「ウェディング」「幽霊」「関東美術財団」「夜行バス」「「映画クラブ同窓会」ビッグデート」「無限」を合わせた十一編を収録する。ユーモラスでコミカル、温かみのあるヒューマニズムに根ざ短編小説。翻訳：西脇エミ 他。

ISBN: 978-0-9857835-7-0

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Dreaming of Hokuasicollection of short stories about

contemporary Japan by

Kevin Bartelme

Katsushika Hokusai, best known for his wood block prints, especially those of Mount Fuji, liked to walk around all over the place and make drawings of the people he saw along the way. Not portraits, mind you, but people going about their everyday lives.

Kevin Bartelme, best known for his comic novels and short stories, likes to walk around himself, and, somewhat like Hokusai, write about the people he encounters in his travels around Japan. Imaginary people, that is. He doesn’t want anyone to confuse themselves with the fictional characters in the book as some people tend to do.

So, read and enjoy!

ISBN: 978-0-9857835-4-9                    

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In this epic manifesto, nightclub impresario and game show host Bobby Fever takes us on a step-by-step tour of his brilliant insights and reflections on the human condition in today’s often confusing world. Some people use the Bible or the Talmud or the Koran as their touchstone in life and that’s all well and good for the feeble minded among us, but, as a more complicated, complex individual, I need only to open Bobby’s book to any random page for the comfort and inspiration I need to get me through what otherwise might be a long and dreary day. His wit and wise observations always lift me out of the petty concerns of the madding throng to a place where the sky is crystal clear and the visibility endless! For these bon mots and so much more, I am forever in Bobby’s debt! And I will pay my bar tab next week, Bobby! I will!

                                           Crocker Shipp, DD  

ISBN : 0-9857835-9-4

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Harry Thiess’ happy appointment as director of a prestigious art museum is about to take him down a memory hole that harks back to the Massachusetts Bay Puritans whose imprint on American culture reverberates to this day. Moreover, his hiring of archivist Stewart Stockton will lead to all sorts of unforeseen consequences that threaten the very fabric of the haut monde art world where things are rarely what they seem. In a wild series of misunderstandings, sexual imbroglios, and even fiery explosions, Harry is forced to navigate the ever-shifting undercurrents of a run amok society where vanity and the lust for ultimate power are the only constants. What’s a puzzled curator to do when confronted by previously invisible forces that threaten to overwhelm and lay waste to everything he’s ever worked for? Does Harry have what it takes to weather the storm? It’s definitely a long shot but maybe, just maybe, he’ll figure it out.

ISBN : 978-0-9857835-6-3

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The Instituto

 Kevin Bartelme

If you think school is out you're about to go back for some Advanced Studies at the Instituto.

Set in Mexico City, Mr. Bartelme takes us for a wild ride through everything from Aztec history to the imagined glories and sordid secrets of academia. 

I know that sound almost intolerably boring but Mr. Bartelme manages to bring it all to life  in a tour de force comedy of bad manners.   

ISBN: 978-0-615-59735-5

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