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Maïmaï, el caracol de Tarô, es la esperada quinta parte de la pentalogía La sombra del cardo, una de las series más exitosas de la literatura japonesa de las últimas décadas. La repentina muerte de la atractiva Mitsuko Tsuji sorprende a todos, incluidos los clientes de su librería, Kitô. Cuando llegan visitantes para presentar sus últimos respetos, Tarô, el hijo sordomudo de Mitsuko, está preocupado por ciertos detalles de su historia familiar.

島崎藤村(本名春樹）は、明治学院在学中にキリスト教に入信し、西洋文学に影響を受け、北村透谷らと雑誌「文学界」を創刊しました。

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and future. Choi’s third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival. Many have...

Beautiful, haunting, and grotesque, The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales offers stories reminiscent of traditional Japanese folktales alongside contemporary horror fiction. Matsuura’s unique voice, in its poignancy and lightheartedness, is unforgettable.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

東京帝国大学在学中の作品『羅生門』から晩年の代表作『河童』まで、珠玉の29作品を発表順に収録しています。今なお日本人を魅了し続ける芥川の名作を、プロの朗読でお楽しみください。

「山路を登りながら、こう考えた。智に働けば角が立つ。情に棹させば流される。意地を通せば窮屈だ。とかくに人の世は住みにくい。……」あまりにも有名な一節で始まる、漱石のロマンティシズムの極致を示す名篇。カナダの名ピアニスト、グレン・グールドも愛読していたという漱石の「草枕」 画家の“非人情”紀行は変人美女の登場でどんな展開を見せるのか?漱石ならではのユーモアと芸術論を交えた、じわりと面白くなる奥深い名作を、渡部龍朗が全編朗読! (C)アイ文庫 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

A wonderful collection of spine-tingling ghost stories and thought-provoking essays on insects. This new version has an introduction "Hearn and Japan", which details the continuing influence of Hearn on contemporary Japan.

Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Das Wunderbare gehört für China noch zum natürlichen Weltlauf, so dass hier sich keine scharfe Grenze ziehen lässt. Ho Huans Vater war frühe gestorben. Er hatte ihn in zarter Jugend zurückgelassen. Der Knabe war überaus klug und begabt. Mit elf Jahren wurde er als Wunderkind in die Kreisschule aufgenommen. Seine Mutter liebte ihn über alle Maßen und ließ ihn nie zur Tür hinaus.

Here are some of Shakespeare's finest speeches performed by one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of this century. It ranges from the youth of Jaques' introduction to life, 'All the world's a stage!' in ""As You Like It"" to the aged Prospero's goodbye to Ariel and Shakespeare's own farewell...

死罪を申し付けられた船乗業桂屋太郎兵衛の娘、16歳のいちは、願い書を書いて弟妹たちとともに奉行所に父の助命を乞いに行く。「お上の事には間違はございますまいから」――官僚でもあった文豪の心の綾を垣間見るような佳編。かつては高校の教科書に採録されていました。(C)アイ文庫 【朗読者について】 声優、ナレーターとして活躍中の中村恵子。ふだんの仕事とはまったく異なる格調高い硬質な文章ながら、本好きの面目をほどこす真面目な取組で、新鮮な鴎外作品が生まれました。 「ことのは出版オーディオブックの情報はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

In this first-ever translation of Lu Yao’s Life, we meet Gao Jialin, a stubborn, idealistic, and ambitious young man from a small country village whose life is upended when corrupt local politics cost him his beloved job as a schoolteacher, prompting him to reject rural life and try to make it in the big city. Against the vivid, gritty backdrop of 1980s China, Lu Yao traces the proud and passionate Gao Jialin’s difficult path to professional, romantic, and personal fulfillment - or at least hard-won acceptance.

関西有数の都市銀行・阪神銀行の頭取・万俵大介は、金融再編成に際し「小が大を喰う合併」と称し、生き残りを成し遂げる方法を画策する。

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, activist, and visual artist. Deeply thoughtful and spiritual, Gibran was also considered a philosopher although he rejected the title. Gibran is celebrated as a literary hero in Lebanon. He is widely considered the single most important influence on Arabic poetry and literature during the first half of the twentieth century. Contents: Sand and Foam, The Prophet, The Madman, His Parables And Poems.

Nafsi is a collection of poetry and prose, calling you to a spiritual revolution. This compelling work examines the conflict between the soul and the body: its desires, its pain, its love, and its hope. Through poetic allure, this collection will speak directly to your soul, in a way that is hauntingly beautiful.

In this rather extensive collection of 3-line Japanese haiku poems, the mystical blends with the simplicity of the world to create sacred, transparent, and yet profound and inspiring insights, to guide you further, on your spiritual path. Listening to these poems will sustain your mindfulness and will inspire you to practice/meditate more, in your daily routine. Each chapter begins with a general spiritual explanation of the subject of the haikus, continuing with the haikus of that particular chapter.

Le livre qui a révélé Murakami. Sur la page promotionnelle d'une assurance-vie, un jeune publicitaire fraîchement divorcé insère la photo, en apparence banale, d'un troupeau de moutons. Mais l'un des animaux, qui porte sur sa laine une tache en forme d'étoile, suscite l'intérêt d'un homme en noir, proche collaborateur du "Maître", un homme politique très puissant.

From the unique standpoint of an American woman who married into a Japanese family and has lived in Japan for more than 30 years, Rebecca Otowa weaves enchanting tales of her adopted home that portray the perspective of both the Japanese and the foreigner on the universal issues that face us all - love, work, marriage, death, and family conflict.

This book by Prakash Pandit reflects upon the life of an 18th-century Urdu poet named Meer Taqi Meer who lived in Mughal, India. Meer Taqi was one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language. A few of his important literary works are given in a separate section of the book. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi school of Urdu ghazal, and most of his literature has been written under his nom de plume, Mir.

R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of “authentic” Indianness, John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of its specific South Indian contexts and cultural geography and its non-Indian intertexts.