Miyazawa Kenji: 24 books

The tale "The dragon and the poet" by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) is the story of the meeting between the poet Suldatta and the dragon Chanata, in a magical atmosphere among poetry challenges, esoteric Buddhism and traditional Japan. The author, Miyazawa Kenji, dedicated is tales to children...

The tale "The dragon and the poet" by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) is the story of the meeting between the poet Suldatta and the dragon Chanata, in a magical atmosphere among poetry challenges, esoteric Buddhism and traditional Japan. The author, Miyazawa Kenji, dedicated is tales to children...

La fiaba "Il drago e il poeta" di Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) narra la storia del poeta Suldatta e del suo incontro con il drago Chanata in un’atmosfera magica tra gare di poesia giapponese e buddismo esoterico. “D’ora in poi l’arte sarà religione, la religione sarà...

Nella prima metà del XX secolo, in Giappone si è assistito a un fenomeno dal valore artistico incalcolabile. I più importanti e talentuosi scrittori dell’epoca, oggi noti a livello internazionale, si sono cimentati nella stesura di racconti fantastici esplorando tutte le potenzialità del genere...

Il mondo incantato di Miyazawa Kenji, il più amato autore per l’infanzia in Giappone, si rivela magnificamente nelle pagine di questa antologia di racconti dove protagonisti sono stelle e pianeti, fiori e alberi, uomini e animali, il vento e le nuvole. Nella favola che dà il titolo all’antologia,...

A Jersey City l’amore è nell’aria, è San Valentino! E se a Kamala Khan non è concesso di andare al ballo della scuola, Ms. Marvel può fare tutto quello che vuole! Be’, più o meno – sembra che la nuova eroina rovinerà la festa nel tentativo di catturare il peggior imbroglione di Asgard!...

Nankichi Niimi & Kenji Miyazawa are undoubtedly two of Japan's most highly regarded writers of fantasy fiction. Book 2 of Tales From Japan contains four stories by Kenji Miyazawa and one story by Nankichi Niimi. In addition to the title story Gauche the Cellist, this book also includes Kenji's...

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...

Another gem from the Japanese maestro of storytelling Kenji Miyazawa. Gauche plays the cello in the town orchestra, but he needs to do a lot better if he wants to keep his place. He realizes he is going to have to practice every spare moment if he is going to improve in time for the big concert. But...

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories that focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice, and...

This is perhaps the most famous of Kenji's short stories and one of his personal favorites, as it was the title story of his one and only self-published collection of short stories. Two hunters go on a hunting trip in the country and end up completely lost. Luckily they come across what appears to...

Kenji Miyazawa is undoubtedly one of Japan's most highly regarded writers of fantasy fiction. Book 1 of Tales From A Japanese Dreamland is an introduction to Kenji's writing through his well-known poem Ame-ni-mo makezu and the story of Kenju, which can be thought of as an extension of that poem. Kenju's...

The Frandon Agricultural School Pig stands out as a unique masterpiece of Japanese fiction taking up the treatment of animals by humans. This deeply moving story of the pig who is literally forced to sign his own death warrant was written in the early 1920s by Kenji Miyazawa, considered one of Japan's...

日本國寶級作家宮澤賢治膾炙人口的經典童話，寓意深遠、流傳百年、散發不朽光輝的文學瑰寶。 銀河祭的夜晚，喬凡尼意外地搭上一班疾駛於夜空的神秘列車，手握一張「夢想」的車票，在銀河的夜光下，歷經了一場人生之旅，窺見生與死的奧秘…… 宮澤賢治是日本家喻戶曉的文學巨匠，他的童話超越年齡限制，絢麗多彩、寓意深遠又耐人尋味。〈銀河鐵道之夜〉是宮澤最膾炙人口的作品，探討何謂幸福、生死等問題。本書收錄《銀河鐵道之夜》、《大提琴手高薛》、《要求特別多的餐廳》、《貓咪事務所》、《橡子與山貓》、《開羅團長》六篇宮澤賢治最具代表性的作品。 作者簡介： 宮澤賢治Miyazawa...