Otogizoshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu - Couverture souple

Dazai, Osamu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 4902075407 ISBN 13 : 9784902075403

Editeur : Kurodahan Press, 2019

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Momotarō, Click-Clack Mountain, The Sparrow Who Lost Her Tongue, The Stolen Wen, Urashima-san . . . The father reads these old tales to the children. Though he's shabbily dressed and looks to be a complete fool, this father is a singular man in his own right. He has an unusual knack for making up stories.Once upon a time, long, long ago . . .Even as he reads the picture book aloud in a strangely imbecilic voice, another, somewhat more elaborate tale is brewing inside him.Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizōshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are based are well known to every Japanese schoolchild, but this is no children's book. In Dazai's hands such stock characters as the kindhearted Ojī-san to Obā-san ("Grandmother and Grandfather"), the mischievous tanuki badger, the fearsome Oni ogres, the greedy old man, the "tongue-cut" sparrow, and of course Urashima Tarō (the Japanese Rip van Winkle) become complex individuals facing difficult and nuanced moral dilemmas. The resulting stories are thought-provoking, slyly subversive, and often hilarious.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Kurodahan Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 4902075407
• ISBN 13: 9784902075403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142