"The Boy Who Drew Cats" and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

And Other Japanese Fairy Tales

Omschrijving

A talking tea kettle, a monstrous goblin-spider that lives in a haunted temple, miniature soldiers that plague a lazy young bride, and other fanciful creatures abound in this captivating collection of eleven Japanese fairy tales.Youngsters are transported to an exotic, faraway world of samurai warriors, rice fields, humble cottages, and a magical spring in five tales excellently translated and adapted by noted writer and linguist Lafcadio Hearn: The Fountain of Youth, Chin-Chin Kobakama, The Goblin-Spider, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings, and the title story. Six additional stories -- in versions by Grace James, Basil Hall Chamberlain, and other authorities on Japanese folklore -- include The Tea-Kettle, The Wooden Bowl, My Lord Bag-o'-Rice, The Hare of Inaba, The Silly Jelly-Fish, and The Matsuyama Mirror.
€ 9,40
Paperback / softback
 
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€ 19,95 binnen Nederland
Schrijver
Lafcadio Hearn
Titel
"The Boy Who Drew Cats" and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
Uitgever
Dover Publications Inc.
Jaar
2012
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
64
Gewicht
68 gr
EAN
9780486403489
Afmetingen
216 x 140 x 6 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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