A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter -- the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with hau
Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan
โ Scribed by Umezawa, Rui
- Book ID
- 109300832
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781554987238
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โฆ Synopsis
A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter -- the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Foreword; Introduction; Author's Own Record; 1. Examination for the Post of Guardian Ange; 2. Th e Talking Pupils; 3. The Painted Wall; 4. Planting a Pear Tree; 5. The Taoist Priest of Laoshan; 6. The Buddhist Priest of Changqing; 7. The Marriage of the Fox's Daughter; 8. Miss Jiaonuo; 9. Magical Ar