Racconti giapponesi. Storie di mostri e di magia. Ediz. a colori

Things I've learnt from Japanese Folklore: - if a ghost tell you to keep a secret, for the love of yokai keep your mouth shut! - All the old man-women are super sad because they have no child. - that reminded me, if you are really old and sad cause you have no child don't worry. You'll get a magical o Leggi tutto

3.5⭐ Japanese folk tales from translations by Lafcaido Hearne and Yei Theodora Ozaki, told in a clear and evocative style. Following the pattern of folk stories from around the world, some are morality tales like Aesop's Fables. Others are pure ghost stories. Some reminded me of Mi'maq legends where Leggi tutto

I really wanted to enjoy this short story collection but unfortunately, a lot of them fell flat for me and either the narration style or the translation didn't work out and left an awkward feeling in a lot of the stories. A big thank you to the publisher and the Edelweiss+ website for providing me wi Leggi tutto

I had been reading this out loud with my partner but we fell out of the habit - finished myself just to get it off my list! A fun anthology of Japanese folktales.

3.5 stars, but upgraded to four. First of all what marvellous pictures! Second of all, I thought these Japanese fairytales were very well translated and the narration style felt surprisingly very western. I don't know if it says something of this edition or fairytales traditions are just universal. Th Leggi tutto