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Once and forever : the tales of Kenji Miyazawa
- Title
- Once and forever : the tales of Kenji Miyazawa / translated by John Bester.
- Author
- Publication
- Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1993.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bester, John, 1927-2010
- Description
- xiv, 273 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The magic of Miyazawa's tales reaches out to people of all ages and lands. The sophisticated reader can savor them consciously as literature, while the younger reader can delight in them as imaginative stories that comment on and deepen his own experience. The underlying themes are universal, but the forms and treatment can be appreciated at many levels and vary subtly from piece to piece.
- The sheer storytelling skill is most evident in pieces like the joyful, innocent "Wildcat and the Acorns," or in a classic cautionary tale like "The Restaurant of Many Orders." But even a superficially whimsical tale like "the Earth-god and the Fox" can in a short span construct a genuinely moving little tragedy. "The Last Deer Dance," a fanciful account of the origins of a well-known folk dance, works its gentle way to a climax of pure poetry. "Tokkobe Torako" makes folk superstitions the basis for a piece of amusing farce in a historical setting.
- Subjects
- Japan
- Short stories, Japanese
- FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Japan > Fiction
- Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933 > Translations into English
- Fiction
- Translations
- FICTION / Fantasy / Short Stories
- FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
- Short stories
- Short stories, Japanese > Translations into English
- Genre/Form
- Short stories.
- Fiction.
- Translations.
- Contents
- 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 Man of the Hills -- The Police Chief -- The Spider, the Slug, and the Raccoon -- 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.
- Call Number
- *OSK 97-3355
- ISBN
- 4770017804
- 9784770017802
- LCCN
- 95107615
- OCLC
- 32311100
- Author
- Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933.
- Alternate Script for Author
- 宮沢, 賢治, 1896-1933.
- Title
- Once and forever : the tales of Kenji Miyazawa / translated by John Bester.
- Imprint
- Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1993.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Bester, John, 1927-2010, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933. Once and forever. 1st ed. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1993 (OCoLC)647120581
- Research Call Number
- *OSK 97-3355