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Delightfully illustrated, this collection of Japanese myths and fairy tales presents readers with a rich folk tradition.Folk Legends of Japan contains of over one hundred Japanese folk legends. These have been selected by a distinguished American folklorist, drawn from expert Japanese transcriptions of oral legends, and carefully translated in such a way as to bring out the charming, unadorned, and sometimes disarmingly frank folk quality of the originals.Each legend is carefully annotated for...
| Автор | Richard M. Dorson |
Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, this Chinese equivalent of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny and has been thrilling and inspiring readers for hundreds of years. This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation features a new preface and introduction by Edwin Lowe, which gives the history of the book and puts the story into perspective for modern readers. First translated into English by Pearl S....
| Автор | Shi Naian |
Chinese Ghost Stories are a selection of the most entertaining Chinese traditional tales of the strange and fantastic. Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention.This completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's classic work contains a new foreword...
| Автор | Lafcadio Hearn |
“A tour de force combining a commanding mastery of historical fact and detail, a comprehensive understanding of the human spirit, and a poetic quality of expression that transforms the hearts of all those it touches.” —The Japan Foundation NewsletterKumagai Naozane was a Japanese warrior famous for having taken the head of the young and handsome samurai Atsumori. This episode has become one of the best-known and best-loved stories in the Japanese historical classic,...
| Автор | Donald Richie |
This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe.Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates...
| Автор | Edogawa Rampo |
These twenty-two Japanese tales open to Western readers the world of fantasy in the legendary literature of Japan—a world of ogres, monkeys, goblins, and priest, of spelling-casting and rescuing people.Rich in variety, Legends of Japan includes tales of the supernatural, magic, and deities, as well as tales of romance and intrigue. The vividness and aesthetic appeal of these stories is enhanced by twenty-two woodblock prints from the studio of modern Japanese illustrator Masahiko...
| Автор | Hiroshi Naito |
Yurei Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional ghosts and spirits. Surviving encounters with angry ghosts and sexy spectres. Haunted places. Dangerous games and how to play them. And more importantly, a guided tour of what awaits in the world of the dead. Yurei is the Japanese word for «ghost.» It's as simple as that. They are the souls of dead people, unable—or unwilling—to shuffle off this mortal coil. Yurei are many things, but...
| Автор | Hiroko Yoda |
Japanese and Western Literature delves deeply into Japanese culture to discover the concepts that similarize and differentiate Japanese and Western literary creations. Paralleling Japanese literary creations and fundamental thought with those of the West, the author draws many illuminating comparisons: for example, between the novels of Murasaki Shikibu and Marcel Proust, between the Portuguese poet Torga and the haiku master Issa, and between the picaresque novel in Japan and in the West....
| Автор | Armando Martins Janeira |
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, by King David Kalakaua, who lived from 1836 to 1890, is a remarkable work. It combines many traditional Hawaiian legends with stories about historical incidents, such as the death of Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiians in 1779 and the destruction of Hawaiian temples in 1819.No other collection of Hawaii's myths has come so directly from a literate Hawaiian. King Kalakaua ruled his subjects with sympathy and understanding and had a deep respect for...
| Автор | King David Kalakaua |
This collection of Vietnamese mythology will be of great interest to cultural scholars as well as people of Vietnamese descent.The history of every country is reflected in its myths and legends and this absorbing collection of thirty-two stories vary from the sweep and grandeur of past battles, to the wit of parables.While a number of Chinese fables have absorbed into the folk-lore of Vietnam, The story of Tam and Cam' is the Vietnamese version of a Chinese Cinderella story. Most of these...
| Автор | George F. Schultz |
Yokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies. Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone has their own take on how they might look in real life and what sorts of specific characteristics and abilities they might have. This book is the result of long hours spent poring over data and descriptions from a variety of sources, including microfilms of eighteenth-century illustrations...
| Автор | Hiroko Yoda |
Literary twist on Peter Pan Author's re-imaging of Neverland as the place children go where they die and the roles our childhood figures take in that land are dazzling and delightful Weaves an interesting fictional back story as JM Barrie is a character in the book and the «Wendy» character inspires him to create Peter Pan. Will be doing galley giveaway at BEA Author lives in New York Author is established writing professor at City College and her short stories have been published widely...
| Автор | Jessica Stilling |
Eine geheimnisvolle Kugel rollt durch die Zeiten. Nur wenige Menschen haben die Fähigkeit, ihren besonderen Klang zu vernehmen, einen Klang, der ihrem Leben eine neue Richtung gibt, der sie bezaubert, animiert und inspiriert. Als der verhinderte Schriftsteller Izaak in New York die Kugel von einer schönen Unbekannten mit Namen Eliza erhält, verändert sich auch sein Leben auf mysteriöse Weise: Endlich findet er für seinen großen Roman den Stoff, nach dem er so lange gesucht hat. Er erzählt die...
| Автор | Frederik Hetmann |
Die junge Journalistin Holly freut sich darauf, eine ganz besonders exotische Seite Afrikas kennen zu lernen: die Insel Mauritius. Dort soll sie den reichen Abenteurer Connor Maguire interviewen und über seine Suche nach einem Schatz berichten, den seine Vorfahren vor über 200 Jahren auf dem Inselparadies versteckt haben sollen. Als eines Tages die Leiche einer jungen Frau an den Strand gespült wird, erkennt Holly mit Schrecken, dass aus der harmlosen Reportage eine gefährliche Jagd nach den...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Follow the brilliant and hilarious adventures of a mad Zen Buddhist monk who rose from humble beginnings to become one of China's greatest folk heroes! Ji Gong studied at the great Ling Yin monastery, an immense temple that still ranges up the steep hills above Hangzhou, near Shanghai. The Chan (Zen) Buddhist masters of the temple tried to instruct Ji Gong in the spartan practices of their sect, but the young monk, following in the footsteps of other great ne'er-do-wells, distinguished...
| Автор | Guo Xiaoting |
Der Deutsche Bauernkrieg beginnt … Deutschland, 1525. Zehntausende Bauern erheben sich, um von den Fürsten mehr Rechte einzufordern. Auch der Hörige Lud kämpft an der Seite seines Herrn Florian Geyer für die Bauern, obwohl er nicht an ihre Sache glaubt – ein Schwur, den er einst Florians Vater leistete, bindet ihn. Für Lud gibt es nur einen Grund, warum er in diesem Krieg nicht sterben darf: die Täuferin Kristina, seine große Liebe. Doch während er von Schlacht zu Schlacht zieht, gerät Kristina...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Since time immemorial, tales of the spooky, paranormal, and mysterious have been staples of folklore across the world. Japan is no exception, and its unique position as a melting pot for cultures from around Asia gives it a particularly rich heritage of supernatural legend and tradition.To write this book on Japan's ghosts and other freaky phenomena, author Catrien Ross collected accounts of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. Along the way, she braved frightening locales including...
| Автор | Catrien Ross |
Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners —a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Vietnamese language. Nothing introduces students and cultural enthusiasts to a language and people better than stories. Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage learners, the stories in this volume present the everyday vocabulary and grammar in use in Vietnam today. Forty folk stories have been edited and simplified for learning purposes and are presented...
| Автор | Tri C. Tran |
Köln, Gegenwart: Wie soll mein Leben weitergehen?, fragt sich Laura. Jetzt, da ihre beiden Kinder zunehmend selbstständig werden und sich ihr Mann immer weiter von ihr entfernt, denkt Laura an ihren einstigen Traum zurück, Meeresbiologin zu werden. Als sich die Chance bietet, für einige Zeit im Bereich der Wal- und Delfinbeobachtung in Neuseeland zu arbeiten, ergreift sie diese mit gemischten Gefühlen. In Neuseeland eröffnet sich Laura eine ganz andere Welt, und sie findet völlig überraschend...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Köln, Gegenwart: Wie soll mein Leben weitergehen?, fragt sich Laura, Mutter von zwei Teenagern. Jetzt, da ihre Kinder zunehmend selbstständig werden, denkt Laura an ihren einstigen Traum zurück, Meeresbiologin zu werden. Als sich die Chance bietet, für einige Zeit im Bereich der Wal- und Delfinbeobachtung in Neuseeland zu arbeiten, ergreift sie diese mit gemischten Gefühlen. In Neuseeland eröffnet sich Laura eine völlig neue Welt. Ihre Kinder vermisst sie dennoch, ihren Mann hingegen kaum. Der...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Der hochkarätige Klassiker – tolldreist und neu interpretiert Münchhausen – das ist vor allem der berühmte Ritt auf der Kanonenkugel und das Pferd, mit dem er sich «am eigenen Haarzopfe» aus dem Morast zieht. Seine Geschichten sind so herrlich unwahrscheinlich und doch arbeiten sie mit allgemeinen Vorstellungen und Urängsten des Menschen, die auch heute noch gültig sind. Viele gesellschaftspolitische Anspielungen, kritische Bemerkungen und Querverweise zu anderen Werken der Literatur erstaunen...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Tief verborgen im Regenwald lebt Raja, ein junger weißer Tiger. Ausersehen, einst über den Dschungel zu herrschen. Doch seit jeher gibt es Mächte, die nach seinem Leben trachten. Sein größter Feind ist Eisenkralle, der aufgrund einer Weissagung um seinen Thron fürchten muss. Als der gefährliche Tiger ihn aufspürt, muss Raja fliehen und alles zurücklassen, was ihm lieb ist. Gemeinsam mit dem klugen Gecko Biru macht er sich auf den Weg zur Insel der Schatten, wo seine Ausbildung zum Jäger beendet...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
This is a story I was told when I was fourteen or fifteen years old and it is based on a true story about a cave at the top of a mountain along the Red River. Three men went into a cave that overlooked Red River around 1923 or 1927. You could see the river from the cave, but you couldn't see the cave from the river. As they were searching through the cave they found a pit with a log lying across it about two feet across with a hair rope tied around it descending down, down into the pit....
| Автор | C.W. Hanes |
“Look inside this world and find wonder.” —KATE BERNHEIMER, editor of My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me and author of The Girl Who Wouldn’t Brush Her HairA book arrives by Owl, left under an old fir tree in the snow. With it, a mysterious message: another world’s scientists have discovered the laws of the universe are found in—fairy tales. Is it true?Snotty—the unlikely hero of this tale—is a streetwise...
| Автор | Tod Davies |