Gatsby in a foreign land

http://www.languageinsight.com/blog/2013/05/09/the-great-gatsby-translating-an-american-classic/

A Japanese author, Haruki Murakami, has written his own books and translated many others, however, he is dedicating part of his career to translating the American classic, The Great Gatsby, which he hopes will allow for a truer reading for Japanese readers, as the book has had a relatively negative reception in Japan.