Night Train to the Stars

Night Train to the Stars: beloved, enigmatic Japanese folk tales

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
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Hardback Published on: 03/11/2022
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Night Train to the Stars
Astounding x
As a lover of Fairy Tales, I snatched this up and became immediately immersed in it. The Ungrateful Rat is my favourite! The fairy tales range from lessons... READ MORE
Brena Newnham
Night Train to the Stars
Mesmerising
This series of short fairy tales was honestly such a great read! There is a theme of nature and animals within the short stories, but it’s written in such ... READ MORE
sagal

Synopsis

Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world.

Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawa's stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such as 'The Ungrateful Rat' where a rude rodent insults all the objects he meets - until he meets the Rat Trap. There are morality tales such as 'The Restaurant of Many Orders', where two hunters become the hunted. There are also transcendent stories of childhood and mortality like Miyazawa's best-known 'Night Train to the Stars', where a magical steam train carries children through the night and up to the heavens.

These stories reveal the unique brilliance of one of Japan's most beloved early twentieth-century writers.

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781784877767
  • Number of pages: 256
  • Weight: 364g
  • Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 26 mm

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