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| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Tales of Moonlight and Rain Akinari Ueda, 2008-12-24 First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu. The title Ugetsu monogatari (literally rain-moon tales) alludes to the belief that mysterious beings appear on cloudy, rainy nights and in mornings with a lingering moon. In Shiramine, the vengeful ghost of the former emperor Sutoku reassumes the role of king; in The Chrysanthemum Vow, a faithful revenant fulfills a promise; The Kibitsu Cauldron tells a tale of spirit possession; and in The Carp of My Dreams, a man straddles the boundaries between human and animal and between the waking world and the world of dreams. The remaining stories feature demons, fiends, goblins, strange dreams, and other manifestations beyond all logic and common sense. The eerie beauty of this masterpiece owes to Akinari's masterful combination of words and phrases from Japanese classics with creatures from Chinese and Japanese fiction and lore. Along with The Tale of Genji and The Tales of the Heike, Tales of Moonlight and Rain has become a timeless work of great significance. This new translation, by a noted translator and scholar, skillfully maintains the allure and complexity of Akinari's original prose. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Moonlight Mile Dennis Lehane, 2010-11-02 “[Lehane has] emerged from the whodunit ghetto as a broader and more substantial talent....When it comes to keeping readers exactly where he wants them, Mr. Lehane offers a bravura demonstration of how it’s done.” —New York Times Moonlight Mile is the first Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro suspense novel in more than a decade from the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane. An explosive tale of vengeance and redemption—the brilliant sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone—Moonlight Mile returns Lehane’s unforgettable and deeply human detective duo to the mean streets of blue collar Boston to investigate the second disappearance of Amanda McCready, now sixteen years old. After his remarkable success with Mystic River, Shutter Island, and The Given Day, the celebrated author whom the Washington Post praises as, “one of those brave new detective stylists who is not afraid of fooling around with the genre’s traditions,” returns to his roots—and the result, as always, is electrifying. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Rikka Zine Vol.1 (English Edition): Shipping Issue Renan Bernardo, Shu Chiba, Hayane Neya, Hitokoe Inada, Mu Hai, Soham Guhan, Toori Haito, Sasaboushi, Vitória Vozniak, Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo, Giu Yukari Murakami, Motoimoto, 2022-11-05 Rikka Zine is a new exhilarating Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology. This very first issue is a collection of stories about “shipping” that explores delivery work, the human relationship, and migration to other worlds. We encourage SFF in translation, new and emerging writers from non-Anglophone countries and diaspora writers. English is not the first language of most of our contributing writers, with two thirds of them from Asia and the other third from Brazil. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Delivery “Flightless” by Shu Chiba (JP-EN Tr. by Matt Treyvaud) “The Time Traveler’s Delivery” by Renan Bernardo (Reprint) “Enclosure” by Mu Hai (CN-EN Tr. by Judith Huang) Chapter 2: Weird “A Flawless Cicada Skin” by Hitokoe Inada (JP-EN Tr. by Kalau Almony) “How Much Does an Evil Spirit Weigh?” by Hayane Neya (JP-EN Tr. by Macha Spoehrle) Chapter 3: Chosen Family “Our Lives on Tides” by Soham Guha (Reprint) “Elysium: A Tale of Homecoming” by Toori Haito (JP-EN Tr. by Brian Bergstrom) “For Those Who Stay” by Vitória Vozniak “Happiness Comes Three Nights Later” by Sasaboushi (JP-EN Tr. by Burntends and Terrie Hashimoto) Chapter 4: Immigration to New Worlds “The People of the Missing Recipient” by Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo “What the Sea Made Me Leave Behind” by Giu Yukari Murakami “Swifter Than the Cucumber, Slower Than the Eggplant” by Motoimoto (JP-EN Tr. by Sylvia Gallagher) 10 of 12 stories have never been published before. ---------------------------------- About Editor Terrie Hashimoto, Editor, has been working on the publication of science fiction and fantasy in Japan for over fourteen years as a book reviewer, critic and anthologist. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Moonlight on Nightingale Way Samantha Young, 2015-06-02 Logan from Echoes of Scotland Street is back with his own smoldering story, as the New York Times bestselling On Dublin Street series returns… Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. Now, he’s ready to start over. He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. And one woman who is driving him to distraction… Grace escaped her manipulative family by moving to a new city. Her new life, made to suit her own needs, is almost perfect. All she needs to do is find her Mr. Right—or at least figure out a way to ignore her irresistible yet annoying womanizer of a neighbor. Grace is determined to have nothing to do with Logan until a life-changing surprise slowly begins turning the wild heartbreaker into exactly the kind of strong, stable man she’s been searching for. Only just when she begins to give into his charms, her own messy past threatens to derail everything they’ve worked to build… |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Dancing in the Moonlight RaeAnne Thayne, 2021-01-11 Return to Pine Gulch in this emotional tale of love and homecoming by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne! Lieutenant Magdalena Cruz is home, but her return hasn’t turned out the way she envisioned. And though all she wants is to be alone, infuriatingly handsome Dr. Jake Dalton—of the enemy Daltons—won’t cooperate. And she needs him to, because the walls around her heart are dangerously close to crumbling every time he comes near.... Jake has spent most of his life trying to get closer to Maggie, with little to show for it. But she’s the woman he's always wanted, and no injury in the world could change that. Now if only he could convince her that the woman before him is beautiful, desirable, and meant to be his.... Originally published in 2006 |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Legends of Tono Kunio Yanagita, 2008 This short literary and folklore classic, which has captivated Japan for a century, provides a powerful glimpse into the Japanese psyche and spirit. In 1910, when Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962) wrote and published The Legends of Tono, he had no idea that one hundred years later his book would still have such a significant impact. Now this new and expanded translation, retaining the original's great understanding of Japanese language, history, and lore, will make this literary classic available to new generations of readers. Yanagita is best remembered as the founder of Japanese folklore studies, and Ronald A. Morse, the translator, transcends time to bring the reader a guide to Tono, Yanagita, and these enthralling tales.--BOOK JACKET. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Moonlight Over Manhattan Sarah Morgan, 2017-11-28 “There’s a dash of action, a sprinkle of cheer, and a lot of love to warm up this sweet, sexy wintertime tale.” —Publishers Weekly on Moonlight Over Manhattan, starred review Determined to conquer a lifetime of shyness, Harriet Knight challenges herself to do one thing a day in December that scares her, including celebrating Christmas without her family. But when dog walker Harriet meets her newest client, exuberant spaniel Madi, she adds an extra challenge to her list—dealing with Madi’s temporary dog sitter, gruff doctor Ethan Black, and their very unexpected chemistry. Ethan thought he was used to chaos, until he met Madi—how can one tiny dog cause such mayhem? To Ethan, the solution is simple—he will pay Harriet to share his New York apartment and provide twenty-four-hour care. But there’s nothing simple about how Harriet makes him feel. Ethan’s kisses make Harriet shine brighter than the stars over moonlit Manhattan. But when his dog-sitting duties are over and Harriet returns to her own home, will she dare to take the biggest challenge of all—letting Ethan know he has her heart for life, not just for Christmas? Don't miss Sarah Morgan's next book, The Summer Seekers! |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Alabama Moon Watt Key, 2008-09-02 After losing his father, a boy has to find a way to survive on his own. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Haruki Murakami and the Search for Self-Therapy Jonathan Dil, 2022-02-24 Haruki Murakami, a global literary phenomenon, has said that he started writing fiction as a means of self-therapy. What he has not discussed as much is what he needed self-therapy for. This book argues that by understanding more about why Murakami writes, and by linking this with the question of how he writes, readers can better understand what he writes. Murakami's fiction, in other words, can be read as a search for self-therapy. In five chapters which explore Murakami's fourteen novels to date, this book argues that there are four prominent therapeutic threads woven through Murakami's fiction that can be traced back to his personal traumas - most notably Murakami's falling out with his late father and the death of a former girlfriend – and which have also transcended them in significant ways as they have been transformed into literary fiction. The first thread looks at the way melancholia must be worked through for mourning to occur and healing to happen; the second thread looks at how symbolic acts of sacrifice can help to heal intergenerational trauma; the third thread looks at the way people with avoidant attachment styles can begin to open themselves up to love again; the fourth thread looks at how individuation can manifest as a response to nihilism. Meticulously researched and written with sensitivity, the result is a sophisticated exploration of Murakami's published novels as an evolving therapeutic project that will be of great value to all scholars of Japanese literature and culture. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki, 2017-07-12 This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.... In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority... |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai Zack Davisson, 2024-06-18 A modern day Lafcadio Hearn is picking up his ghostly torch. Zack Davisson is the author, translator, and folklorist following in Hearn's footsteps. —tofugu.com Mysterious demons, ghosts and monsters have haunted Japan for centuries! The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai presents 100 of the strangest creatures you have ever seen—from evil demons and terrifying monsters to mythical ghosts and enchanted beasts. In this book, Yokai expert Zack Davisson explains how Yokai are highly elusive, and yet without understanding them you will never truly know Japan. The Yokai profiled in this book include: Amabie: A mysterious half fish, half bird creature said to heal any affliction merely by gazing upon its image Tofu Kozo: A harmless Yokai that appears like a young child dressed in a fancy kimono with a straw hat carrying a plate of wobbly tofu Kyokotsu: The pitiful spirit of a person who was thrown down a well and died—with pale skin and a shock of white hair growing from a bleached-white skull Akaname: A disgusting Yokai who skitters about licking the scum from filthy bathtubs Kanibozu: Massive crabs, who shapeshift into human form, disguising themselves as monks asking riddles, but killing anyone who fails to answer correctly! And many more! Packed with interesting facts and entertaining stories, this book is richly illustrated with over 250 color woodblock prints and paintings that reveal the fascinating world of the Yokai. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Kaiki-- Uncanny Tales from Japan , 2009 The first volume of a 3-volume set introducing the world of Japanese weird and supernatural literature: outstanding works from centuries of creativity, with an in-depth introduction to the genre by recognized authority Higashi Masao. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales H. C. Andersen, 2022-07-20 A collection of Fairy Tales written by one of the most famous masters of this genre. This book is interesting in that it contains not only stories for children, but also stories designed for older readers. Some of these are autobiographical in theme. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Harvest Moon Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, Cameron Haley, 2011-09-20 This anthology features novellas from Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series, Michelle Sagara's Chronicles of Elantra series, and Cameron Haley's Underworld Chronicles. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Winter at the Beach Sheila Roberts, 2018-10-23 USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts takes readers on a wintry trip to the harbor in her latest holiday novel… The town of Moonlight Harbor needs to convince tourists that the beach is still the place to be—even when the sunshine goes south for the winter. Jenna Jones, new proprietor of The Driftwood Inn, has the perfect idea: a holiday festival called Seaside with Santa. Jenna is happy to throw herself into planning the event. With all the decorating, preparation and extra reservations at the inn because of the festival—and with two wonderful but very different men hoping to claim more of her time and her heart—Jenna is busy. Busy, but happy. Even with her troublesome ex in the picture, life feels as close to perfect as she’s ever known. Until the weather turns her festival into a farce. Suddenly Mother Nature is not only raining on Jenna’s parade, the old bat’s trying to blow the floats and their princesses out to sea. Soon everyone is without power and the road out of town is blocked. And Jenna has a full motel. After the generator conks out, she’s not so sure she and her guests will make it through to the New Year in one piece. But with a little pulling together and a lot of holiday spirit, everyone might find that life—and Christmas—is always good at the beach. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire Howard Pyle, 1913 It is no very easy matter for an author to condense his own work into so small a space as one-half or one-third of its original magnitude. ... I have considered it better to rearrange fragmentary portions of the original story into another form of narrative, ... I have presented only the direct adventures of Robin Hood and of certain important members of his band. I have given a couple of chapters relating to their quarrel with the Sheriff of Nottingham; I have introduced Robin Hood to the Court at London and have brought King Richard of the Lion's Heart into the Forest of Sherwood.--Preface. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin, 2009-07 A Newbery Honor WinnerA New York Times Bestseller This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Bad Axe County John Galligan, 2020-07-07 Dennis Lehane meets Megan Miranda in this “dark beauty of a novel” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) about the first female sheriff in rural Bad Axe County, Wisconsin, as she searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of her parents twenty years ago—all as a winter storm rages in her embattled community. Fifteen years ago, Heidi White’s parents were shot to death on their Bad Axe County farm. The police declared it a murder-suicide and closed the case. But that night, Heidi found the one clue she knew could lead to the truth—if only the investigators would listen. Now Heidi White is Heidi Kick, wife of local baseball legend Harley Kick and mother of three small children. She’s also the interim sheriff in Bad Axe. Half the county wants Heidi elected but the other half will do anything to keep her out of law enforcement. And as a deadly ice storm makes it way to Bad Axe, tensions rise and long-buried secrets climb to the surface. As freezing rain washes out roads and rivers flood their banks, Heidi finds herself on the trail of a missing teenaged girl. Clues lead her down twisted paths to backwoods stag parties, derelict dairy farms, and the local salvage yard—where the body of a different teenage girl has been carefully hidden for a decade. As the storm rages on, Heidi realizes that someone is planting clues for her to find, leading her to some unpleasant truths that point to the local baseball team and a legendary game her husband pitched years ago. With a murder to solve, a missing girl to save, and a monster to bring to justice, Heidi is on the cusp of shaking her community to its core—and finding out what really happened the night her parents died. With “striking prose, engaging characters, and a searing story of crimes rooted in the heartland,” Bad Axe County is a “darkly irresistible thriller” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that you won’t be able to put down. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: A Kiss of Shadows Laurell K. Hamilton, 2001-01-18 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet Merry Gentry, paranormal P.I., and enter a thrilling, sensual world as dangerous as it is beautiful, full of earthly pleasures and dazzling magic, and ruled by the all-consuming passions of immortal beings once worshipped as gods . . . or demons. Merry Gentry, princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los Angeles, working as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now the queen’s assassin has been dispatched to fetch her—whether she likes it or not. Suddenly Merry finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt’s plans. The job that awaits her: enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward: the crown—and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Laurell K. Hamilton’s A Shiver of Light. Praise for Laurell K. Hamilton and A Kiss of Shadows “One of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.”—Charlaine Harris “Sexy . . . Merry’s adventures are engaging and keep the reader turning the pages.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Stunning . . . steamy . . . an exciting and original world.”—San Jose Mercury News “I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”—Diana Gabaldon |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Tales of the Spring Rain Akinari Ueda, 1979 |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick Matt Haig, 2020-09-29 The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits.—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book. Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible, available now Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Book of the Damned Charles Fort, 2020-09-28 Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you--Taken from Good Reads website. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Garden of Evening Mists Tan Twan Eng, 2013-05-02 A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE AND THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE Teoh Yun Ling was seventeen years old when she first heard about Aritomo and the garden. But a war would come to Malaya, and a decade pass before she would travel to see him. A man of extraordinary skill and reputation, Aritomo was once the gardener for the Emperor of Japan, and now Yun Ling needs him. She needs him to help her build a memorial to her beloved sister, killed at the hands of the Japanese. She wants to learn everything Aritomo can teach her, and do her sister proud, but to do so she must also begin a journey into her own past, a past inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country. A story of art, war, love and memory, The Garden of Evening Mists captures a dark moment in history with richness, power and incredible beauty. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Sweet Music on Moonlight Ridge Ramey Channell, 2015-04-02 Welcome to Moonlight Ridge, a magical, musical place overlooking a small town named Eden. Here you'll meet a pair of intrepid eight-year-old cousins, Lily Claire and Willie T., and their multi-ethnic family in the backwoods of Alabama. This is a story about family and community ties, loyalty and faith, and a very unusual map used by two flamboyant children to solve a mystery out on the mountain--Cover. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Gone, Baby, Gone Dennis Lehane, 2009-10-13 “Powerful and raw, harrowing, and unsentimental.” —Washington Post Book World “Chilling, completely credible….[An] absolutely gripping story.” —Chicago Tribune “Mr. Lehane delivers big time.” —Wall Street Journal In Gone, Baby, Gone, the master of the new noir, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island), vividly captures the complex beauty and darkness of working-class Boston. A gripping, deeply evocative thriller about the devastating secrets surrounding a little girl lost, featuring the popular detective team of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Gone, Baby, Gone was the basis for the critically acclaimed motion picture directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai, 2013-03-01 Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Tales of Twilight and the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2021-11-09 In Tales of Twilight and the Dawn, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle masterfully weaves a collection of captivating stories that explore the thin veil between reality and the supernatural. Embracing a diverse range of literary styles, Doyle's narratives traverse the boundaries of mystery, horror, and fantasy, highlighting the complexities of human experience in the twilight moments of life. Each tale unfurls with meticulous attention to atmosphere and character, reflecting the Victorian era's fascination with spiritualism and the unknown while showcasing Doyle's celebrated narrative prowess. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, renowned for creating the iconic Sherlock Holmes, was not only a master of detective fiction but also a fervent believer in the paranormal. His extensive travels and encounters with spiritualist movements profoundly influenced his writing. This collection encapsulates his exploration of life after death and the metaphysical questions that captivated his imagination, providing a window into the author'Äôs intellectual journey and his quest for understanding life's mysteries beyond mere logic. Tales of Twilight and the Dawn is highly recommended for readers who appreciate rich storytelling that delves into the spectral and the enigmatic. Doyle's evocative prose invites deeper contemplation of life's great mysteries, making this collection an essential addition to the library of any lover of classic literature and the supernatural. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Longing and Other Stories Jun'ichirō. Tanizaki, 2022-01-04 Jun’ichirō Tanizaki is one of the most eminent Japanese writers of the twentieth century, renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity. Most acclaimed for his postwar novels such as The Makioka Sisters and The Key, Tanizaki made his literary debut in 1910. This book presents three powerful stories of family life from the first decade of Tanizaki’s career that foreshadow the themes the great writer would go on to explore. “Longing” recounts the fantastic journey of a precocious young boy through an eerie nighttime landscape. Replete with striking natural images and uncanny human encounters, it ends with a striking revelation. “Sorrows of a Heretic” follows a university student and aspiring novelist who lives in degrading poverty in a Tokyo tenement. Ambitious and tormented, the young man rebels against his family against a backdrop of sickness and death. “The Story of an Unhappy Mother” describes a vivacious but self-centered woman’s drastic transformation after a freak accident involving her son and daughter-in-law. Written in different genres, the three stories are united by a focus on mothers and sons and a concern for Japan’s traditional culture in the face of Westernization. The longtime Tanizaki translators Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy masterfully bring these important works to an Anglophone audience. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: In My Backyard Valarie Giogas, 2007-06-10 A rhyming picture book that introduces backyard animals by baby and family group names while counting them from one to ten, followed by a For creative minds section with animal facts memory game and information on caring for wildlife. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Uncanny Tales Mrs. Molesworth, 2024-01-01 A writer named Mary Louisa Molesworth writes below the pen name Mrs. Molesworth. Her collection of brief testimonies called Uncanny Tales is a combination of thrillers and spooky testimonies. In a book posted inside the overdue 1800s, Molesworth, an English creator of many kid's books, indicates how flexible she became with the aid of writing about scary and strange things. The stories on this series are complete of hysteria and mystery, and that they often observe matters that are just a little off the norm. Molesworth makes use of her ability at telling stories to create testimonies that maintain readers inquisitive about adding a hint of the unusual and the surprising. The memories are marked by their moody settings, exciting characters, and creative plot turns that create a mix of fable and suspense. Even though Mrs. Molesworth might be quality known for her work on children's books, Uncanny Tales shows that she can write in a variety of styles. Because it shows how appropriate she is at telling tales, the book gives readers a check out the darker and extra mysterious elements of her writing. Uncanny Tales is a lovely alternate from Molesworth's extra usual books. It has a chain of interesting and spooky short tales that make you want to explore the unknown and experience the draw of the supernatural. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Over the Moon Jodi Picoult, Jake van Leer, 2011-01-04 Master storyteller and bestselling author Jodi Picoult teams up with Jake van Leer and Ellen Wilber to bring you an original musical, sure to breathe life into any middle school and high school drama curriculum. Part Shakespearean comedy and part Fractured Fairy Tales, Over the Moon is all fun. Narrated by a cross-dressing Hairy Godmother (no, that’s not a typo), the story begins when Luna (the moon) descends to a small town on earth disguised as a boy, and sets out to help humans find love. But Luna herself falls in love with Prince Jack...who’s in love with Felicity...who has fallen for Luna. On the way to happily ever after are a steady stream of clever puns and topical jokes about American Idol, universal health care, Bernie Madoff, and just about every fairy tale creature you’ve ever heard of! With nineteen original hum-worthy songs and plenty of spots to tailor the play to any city or town, Over the Moon is the perfect choice for every school looking to perform an energetic show that’s fresh, funny, and timeless. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Story-book of Science Jean-Henri Fabre, 1917 A book about metals, plants, animals, and planets. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Here and Now Story Book Lucy Sprague Mitchell, 2016-07-10 Experimental Stories Written for the Childrenof the City and Country School(formerly the Play School)and the Nursery School of theBureau of Educational Experiments.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.ukThis book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Ogre of Rashomon Yei Theodora Ozaki, Varla A. Ventura, 2012-07-01 Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. The warrior's sword and the village heroes are no match for the ogres and goblins that gnash their teeth and wreck havoc in early 20th century Japan. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Handmaid's Tale: York Notes for A-level ebook edition Emma Page, Coral Ann Howells, Ali Cargill, 2017-07-27 Get everything you need to achieve your full potential at English Literature A Level or AS with York Notes Study Guides, now updated for Assessment Objectives 1 to 5. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Sacred Dennis Lehane, 2006 When Angela Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie are called in to find a billionaire's missing daughter, they find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into a world of corruption and violence. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder, 1994 The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: A History of Story-telling Arthur Ransome, 1909 |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis, 2021-02-02 A gentle retelling of C.S. Lewis’s classic bestseller, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, perfect for storytime with the youngest readers! Now available for the first time ever as a board book, a whole new generation of readers will fall in love with The Chronicles of Narnia in this abridged retelling of C.S. Lewis’s most beloved classic. With simple text paired with bright illustrations by Joey Chou, this is a must-have board book for a young child’s first library and the perfect baby shower gift for parents to be. Since its original publication over seventy years ago, this story about four children who step through a wardrobe door and find the magical land of Narnia has delighted readers of all ages. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been made into a blockbuster movie and an acclaimed play and has been read by over 100 million people around the world. |
| tales of moonlight and rain ebook: The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 2021-05-18 A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. |
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Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame an Irish bull. 死人无耳, 死后的名声等于风马牛. 期刊摘选
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I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house. 我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。 牛津词典
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Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame an Irish bull. 死人无耳, 死后的名声等于风马牛. 期刊摘选
