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Una preciosa colección de cuentos de realismo mágico venidos del Japón tradicional, zen e intimista. Cuentos de tradición oral que han pasado a lo largo de los siglos de la boca de las abuelas a los sueños de sus nietos y nietas, siempre de corte fantástico, siempre con enseñanzas profundas y siempre portando la esencia de la identidad japonesa a través de su tradición.

In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family — the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes — all from Asian American, immigrant, and queer perspectives. Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love.

「無頼派」「新戯作派」の破滅型作家を代表する昭和初期の小説家、太宰治の長編小説。初出は「展望」［1948（昭和23）年］。

Mirza Ghalib was an Urdu poet who is known for his unique and smooth style of writing. This book is a compilation of the events which happened throughout his life, along with few of the poems written by him. The poems in this book are an ideal listen for people who are fascinated by Urdu poetry but do not understand the nastaliq, the script in which Urdu is written.

As a Korean student in a Japanese high school, Sugihara has had to defend himself against all kinds of bullies. But nothing could have prepared him for the heartache he feels when he falls hopelessly in love with a Japanese girl named Sakurai. Immersed in their shared love for classical music and foreign movies, the two gradually grow closer and closer. One night, after being hit by personal tragedy, Sugihara reveals to Sakurai that he is not Japanese - as his name might indicate.

Li Po (AD 701-762) lived in T'ang Dynasty China, but his influence has spanned the centuries: the pure lyricism of his poems has awed readers in China and Japan for over a millennium, and through Ezra Pound’s translations, Li Po became central to the modernist revolution in the West. However ethereal in spirit, his poems remain grounded in the everyday experience we all share. He wrote 1,200 years ago, half a world away, but in his poems we see our world transformed.

The Tao Te Ching (or Daodejing, in pinyin) is a classic Chinese Taoist text dating from at least the fourth century BC. According to tradition it has its origins even earlier, around the sixth century BC. The title may be translated as Instruction Regarding the Way of Virtue. Consisting of 81 short sections in a poetic style, the text ranges widely in content, from practical advice to universal wisdom, embracing politics, society and the personal.

Beautiful translations of the Ancient 8th century Chinese poets Li Bai and Du Fu by Keith Holyoak. Read by the author and accompanied by background music featuring contemporary and traditional compositions on ancient Chinese instruments.

In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of narrative art--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context.

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

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.

Une curieuse digression sur les kangourous. Un éléphant qui se volatilise. Un nain diabolique qui danse. Ou encore une jeune fille « cent pour cent parfaite »... Merveilleuses trouvailles, ces dix-sept contes renouvellent le quotidien d'un éclat enchanteur et déploient, entre poésie et humour, tout l'art magistral de Murakami.

Тацуо Хори — признанный классик японской литературы, до сих пор малоизвестный русскому читателю. Его импрессионистскую прозу высоко оценивал Ясунари Кавабата, сам же Хори считал себя учеником и последователем Рюноскэ Акутагавы.

Yojana Classics is a collectible series that showcases selected writings from the well-known development magazine Yojana, published since 1957. This book offers readers an enriching exploration of India’s art, culture, and heritage. It is an ideal resource for students, scholars, and art lovers alike. The collection captures the essence and beauty of creative expression. It celebrates the magic of art in all its forms. This series is a treasure trove for anyone passionate about India’s cultural legacy.

Zwanzig Meilen östlich von Gingdschou ist der Mädchensee. Er ist von dichtem, grünem Gebüsch und hohen Wäldern rings umgeben. Sein Wasser ist klar und tiefblau. Oft zeigt sich darin allerlei Wundergetier. Die Leute der Umgegend haben dort einen Tempel errichtet für die Drachenprinzessin. In dürren Zeiten wallfahrten sie alle dahin, um zu beten.

Zur Tangzeit lebte ein Mann namens Liu I, der war in seiner Doktorprüfung durchgefallen. So reiste er wieder nach Hause zurück. Sechs, sieben Meilen hatte er hinter sich, da flog im Feld ein Vogel auf. Sein Pferd ward scheu und rannte über zehn Meilen weit, ehe es sich halten ließ. Da sah er eine Frau, die hütete Schafe am Abhang eines Berges. Er blickte sie an; sie war wunderschön von Angesicht, doch drückten ihre Mienen geheimen Kummer aus. Verwundert fragte er sie, was ihr fehle.

Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Es war einmal ein Bauer, der war jung und stark und kam eines Abends spät vom Markte heim. Der Weg führte an dem Garten eines reichen Herrn vorbei, in dem viel hohe Gebäude standen. Plötzlich sah er drinnen etwas Helles in die Höhe schweben, das leuchtete wie einer Kristallperle.

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. Im Westen der Kiautschoubucht ist ein Bergdorf, das heißt das Fuchsdorf, östlich von dem Dorfe steht ein hoher Fels. Mitten durch den Fels geht eine Höhle, rund wie der Vollmond.

Es heißt, dass wenn der Fuchs das Lebenselixier bereitet, er sich verwandeln kann. Er muss aber dreimal dem Schicksal des Todes durch den Donner entgehen, ehe er es zur Vollendung bringt. Er hat aber mehrere Arten, dem Schicksal zu entgehen.

Whilst Europe endured the Dark Ages in the 6th & 7th Centuries, devotees of Shiva and Vishnu in Southern India were creating the Bhakti Movement. Some of these exponents, as in our volume, were bestowed with the title of saint but some had the additional title of sant, swami or goswami. Broadly speaking, Bhakti poetry, as in Hinduism itself, is divided into ‘Nirguna’, the idea that the divine is formless as exampled by Kabir and ‘Saguna’, which interprets the divine as having physical form as captured by Mirabai.