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1206014Night Train to the Starshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/night-train-to-the-stars/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/483048/494a634e-3fc2-4c90-a880-44f7942a8c54.jpg?v=638867049658100000226257MXNRandom HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world.</strong></p><p>Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawas stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such as The Ungrateful Rat where a rude rodent insults all the objects he meets - until he meets the Rat Trap. There are morality tales such as The Restaurant of Many Orders, where two hunters become the hunted. There are also transcendent stories of childhood and mortality like Miyazawas best-known Night Train to the Stars, where a magical steam train carries children through the night and up to the heavens.</p><p>These stories reveal the unique brilliance of one of Japans most beloved early twentieth-century writers.</p><p>WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL AND AN INTRODUCTION BY KAORI NAGAI</p><p><strong>Kenji Miyazawa fables are international-class David Mitchell</strong></p><p>For readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale, the specificity and surprise of <em>tanka</em>, collisions of the everyday with the supernatural and glimpses of Japan right on the brink of industrialization, Kenji Miyazawas masterly stories will be a delight <em>New York Times</em></p><p><em><em>Few works have given me so much pleasure (and hard work) as the tales of Miyazawa Kenji [...] more genuine originality, and a more universal appeal, than almost anything else I have done. John Bester, translator</em></em></p>...1197601Night Train to the Stars226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/night-train-to-the-stars/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/483048/494a634e-3fc2-4c90-a880-44f7942a8c54.jpg?v=638867049658100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781529191516_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_<p><strong>Japanese fairy tales -</strong> <strong>enchanting, enigmatic stories of</strong> <strong>animals, human beings and</strong> <strong>the great natural world</strong>.</p><p>Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawas stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such as The Ungrateful Rat where a rude rodent insults all the objects he meets - until he meets the Rat Trap/ There are morality tales such as The Restaurant of Many Orders, where two hunters become the hunted. There are also transcendent stories of childhood and mortality like Miyazawas best-known Night Train to the Stars, where a magical steam train carries children through the night and up to the heavens.</p><p>These stories reveal the unique brilliance of one of Japans most beloved early twentieth-century writers.</p><p>For readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale, the specificity and surprise of <em>tanka</em>, collisions of the everyday with the supernatural and glimpses of Japan right on the brink of industrialization, Kenji Miyazawas masterly stories will be a delight <em>New York Times</em></p><p>In several decades of translating Japanese into English, few works have given me so much pleasure (and hard work) as the tales of Miyazawa Kenji ... more genuine originality, and a more universal appeal, than almost anything else I have done. John Bester, translator</p><p>Kenji Miyazawa fables are international-class David Mitchell</p>(*_*)9781529191516_<p><strong>Japanese fairy tales -</strong> <strong>enchanting, enigmatic stories of</strong> <strong>animals, human beings and</strong> <strong>the great natural world</strong>.</p><p>Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawas stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such as The Ungrateful Rat where a rude rodent insults all the objects he meets - until he meets the Rat Trap/ There are morality tales such as The Restaurant of Many Orders, where two hunters become the hunted. There are also transcendent stories of childhood and mortality like Miyazawas best-known Night Train to the Stars, where a magical steam train carries children through the night and up to the heavens.</p><p>These stories reveal the unique brilliance of one of Japans most beloved early twentieth-century writers.</p><p>WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL AND AN INTRODUCTION BY KAORI NAGAI</p><p><strong>Kenji Miyazawa fables are international-class David Mitchell</strong></p><p>For readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale, the specificity and surprise of <em>tanka</em>, collisions of the everyday with the supernatural and glimpses of Japan right on the brink of industrialization, Kenji Miyazawas masterly stories will be a delight <em>New York Times</em></p><p><em><em>Few works have given me so much pleasure (and hard work) as the tales of Miyazawa Kenji [...] more genuine originality, and a more universal appeal, than almost anything else I have done. John Bester, translator</em></em></p>...(*_*)9781529191516_<p><strong>Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world.</strong></p><p>Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawas stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such as The Ungrateful Rat where a rude rodent insults all the objects he meets - until he meets the Rat Trap. There are morality tales such as The Restaurant of Many Orders, where two hunters become the hunted. There are also transcendent stories of childhood and mortality like Miyazawas best-known Night Train to the Stars, where a magical steam train carries children through the night and up to the heavens.</p><p>These stories reveal the unique brilliance of one of Japans most beloved early twentieth-century writers.</p><p>WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL AND AN INTRODUCTION BY KAORI NAGAI</p><p><strong>Kenji Miyazawa fables are international-class David Mitchell</strong></p><p>For readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale, the specificity and surprise of <em>tanka</em>, collisions of the everyday with the supernatural and glimpses of Japan right on the brink of industrialization, Kenji Miyazawas masterly stories will be a delight <em>New York Times</em></p><p><em><em>Few works have given me so much pleasure (and hard work) as the tales of Miyazawa Kenji [...] more genuine originality, and a more universal appeal, than almost anything else I have done. John Bester, translator</em></em></p>...9781529191516_Random Houselibro_electonico_2cc010f5-2402-304a-8a30-ed52b518dcec_9781529191516;9781529191516_9781529191516Kenji MiyazawaInglésMéxico2022-11-03T00:00:00+00:00Random House