A Thousand One-Second Stories (Sun & Moon Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557133611 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A qualified recommendation M. J. Smith While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I would be hesitent to recommend it to everyone. On the other hand, many will enjoy it so I'd like it to be better known.Tbe book is a series of short-short stories, in which the Moon is a major character and gay bars are a common location. Part of my reservation regarding the book is that in some ways Taruho seems to be trying to write French surrealism in the sense of a youthful writer who has yet to hit his stride. On the other hand, what wonderful Japanese-French surrealism and how hopeful the author in the rise of machine. A Customer said Totally New! Unparalleled!! Hope More Books by TARUHO!!!. In this book you will be sure to notice there is a unique and subtle atmosphere that nobody else than Taruho succeeded to capture and recreate and that reminds you of an old happy memory that is not completely personal but that you somehow feel like you can share with other people.What is that atmosphere all about? Unfortunately I cannot explain well to you. Please read Taruho's books for the answer. Only he could recreate that.I believe this book is Taruho's debut in the U.S. Hope more publication will be made of TARUHO. END. Magical moonstories This collection is a marvelous introduction to English speakers to the works of Inagaki. Along with the translation of his book "One Thousand and One-Second Stories", this edition includes a few other stories and poems from his later works, which thematically connect with his first book. Such a charming and innovative way of storytelling! Each story is a jewel unto itself which I could savor for a long time. I am quite happy I chanced upon this collection.
Most weigh in at less than a page. Clearly as influenced by French symbolist poetry as by Japanese literary traditions, Taruho presents an interesting hybrid, and his work also shows a distinctive fascination with technology. Because the pieces are linked by shared imagery (the moon, pistols, the stars, the color blue) rather than by coherent narrative, they occasionally fall into repetition or forced whimsy. This publication of Taruho's work offers a valuable glimpse into the mind of an unusual Japanese writer better known in his own country than abroad, of whom the more exportable Yukio Mishima observed, "There is Before Taruho and After Taruho." Vita provides an informative biographical an
Japanese modernist classic, tr Tricia Vita