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Japanese Tales
Royall Tyler
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · August 13, 2002
Reading lane: Japanese Literary Collections
A Japan pick for readers exploring Japanese Tales.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Many Worlds in Miniature
These medieval Japanese tales move between the lyrical and dramatic, the ribald and profound.
Come here for
- Saints, scoundrels, ghosts, healers, deities, and demons
- Miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends
Expect
- A window into a long-vanished culture
- Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Book Details
- Authors
- Royall Tyler
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- August 13, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Japanese Literary Collections · Japanese Literary Criticism
- Reading lane
- Japanese Literary Collections
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Publisher Categories
Fantasy Anthologies
Fairy Tales & Myths
Literary Fiction
About This Book
Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture. With black-and-white illustrations th...
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