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"A collection of classic, fantastical tales from Northern Japan that are equal parts whimsical and sophisticated, perfect for readers of all ages. Kenji Miyazawa is one of modern Japan's most beloved writers, a great poet and a strange and marvelous spinner of tales, whose sly, humorous, enchanting, and enigmatic stories bear a certain resemblance to those of his contemporary Robert Walser. John Bester's selection and expert translation of Miyazawa's short fiction reflects its full range from the joyful, innocent "Wildcat and the Acorns," to the cautionary tale "The Restaurant of Many Orders," to "The Earthgod and the Fox," which starts out whimsically before taking a tragic turn. Miyazawa also had a deep connection to Japanese folklore and an intense love of the natural world. In "The Wild Pear," what seem to be two slight nature sketches succeed in encapsulating some of the cruelty and compensations of life itself"--… (meer)
FYI Review - this collection contains the following: -Foreward -The Earthgod and the Fox -General Son Ba-yu -Ozbel and the Elephant -The First Deer Dance -The Bears of Nametoko -Wildcat and the Acorns -Gorsch the Cellist -Tokkobe Torako -A Stem of Lilies -The Restaurant of Many Orders -The Police Chief -The Spider, the Slug, and the Raccon -The Red Blanket -The Dahlias and the Crane -The Thirty Frogs -The Ungrateful Rat -Night of the Festival -The Fire Stone -March by Moonlight -Kenju's Wood -The Wild Pear -Down in the Wood -The Nighthawk Star
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This collection is subtitled "The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa." To refer to "children's tales" would have been misleading from the outset; mere children's tales could not have commanded, for some seventy years in a violently changing world, an increasingly wide following among adults. -Forward, John Bester
On the northern edge of a stretch of open land the ground rose in a slight hillock. The hillock was covered entirely with spike-eared grass, and right in the middle of it stopp a single, beautiful birch tree. -The Earthgod and the Fox
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Its impact on Western readers would be correspondingly weak, and to include it here, long as it is, would have upset the proportions of this book. (Introduction)
"A collection of classic, fantastical tales from Northern Japan that are equal parts whimsical and sophisticated, perfect for readers of all ages. Kenji Miyazawa is one of modern Japan's most beloved writers, a great poet and a strange and marvelous spinner of tales, whose sly, humorous, enchanting, and enigmatic stories bear a certain resemblance to those of his contemporary Robert Walser. John Bester's selection and expert translation of Miyazawa's short fiction reflects its full range from the joyful, innocent "Wildcat and the Acorns," to the cautionary tale "The Restaurant of Many Orders," to "The Earthgod and the Fox," which starts out whimsically before taking a tragic turn. Miyazawa also had a deep connection to Japanese folklore and an intense love of the natural world. In "The Wild Pear," what seem to be two slight nature sketches succeed in encapsulating some of the cruelty and compensations of life itself"--
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-Foreward
-The Earthgod and the Fox
-General Son Ba-yu
-Ozbel and the Elephant
-The First Deer Dance
-The Bears of Nametoko
-Wildcat and the Acorns
-Gorsch the Cellist
-Tokkobe Torako
-A Stem of Lilies
-The Restaurant of Many Orders
-The Police Chief
-The Spider, the Slug, and the Raccon
-The Red Blanket
-The Dahlias and the Crane
-The Thirty Frogs
-The Ungrateful Rat
-Night of the Festival
-The Fire Stone
-March by Moonlight
-Kenju's Wood
-The Wild Pear
-Down in the Wood
-The Nighthawk Star