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Night Train to the Stars

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內容簡介 宮澤賢治《銀河鐵道之夜》英譯本《日本童話》——迷人的動物、人類與自然世界的神秘故事集黑暗而純真，崇高又異想天開，宮澤賢治的故事擁有最優秀童話的永恆韻味。這裡有動物寓言，例如《忘恩負義的老鼠》，講述一隻無禮的老鼠如何侮辱它遇到的所有物品，直到它碰上捕鼠器。還有道德故事，如《訂單太多的餐廳》，描述兩位獵人最終成為被狩獵的對象。更有關於童年與死亡的超凡故事，例如宮澤賢治最著名的作品《銀河鐵道之夜》，講述一列神奇的蒸汽火車，帶著孩子們穿越夜晚直達天堂。這些故事展現了日本最受喜愛的二十世紀初作家之一宮澤賢治的獨特才華。附有大衛‧米切爾撰寫的序言及永井薰的導讀「宮澤賢治的寓言是國際級的。」 ——大衛‧米切爾「對於喜歡童話中令人不安的元素、短歌的細膩與驚喜、日常生活與超自然的碰撞以及日本工業化邊緣一瞥的讀者來說，宮澤賢治的大師級故事將是一場享受。」 ——《紐約時報》「很少有作品能帶給我如此多的愉悅（與挑戰）如宮澤賢治的故事……比我翻譯的幾乎所有其他作品更具真正的原創性和更廣泛的吸引力。」 ——翻譯家約翰‧貝斯特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.WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL AND AN INTRODUCTION BY KAORI NAGAI'Kenji Miyazawa fables are international-class' David Mitchell'For readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale, the specificity and surprise of tanka, collisions of the everyday with the supernatural and glimpses of Japan right on the brink of industrialization, Kenji Miyazawa's masterly stories will be a delight' New York Times'Few works have given me so much pleasure (and hard work) as the tales of Miyazawa Kenji [...] more genuine originality, and a more universal appeal, than almost anything else I have done.' John Bester, translator

各界推薦

各界推薦 ReviewFor readers who relish the disturbing material of fairy tale...Kenji Miyazawa's odd, masterly stories will be a delight ― New York TimesKenji Miyazawa fables are international-class -- David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasMiyazawa moves you to sorrow, to laugh, chuckle, marvel - he makes you live -- Hiroaki SatoA marvelous writer who deserves to be much better known in English ― KirkusMiyazawa seems to have been something of a genius ― Observer

作者介紹

作者介紹 Kenji Miyazawa (Author)Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) was born and raised in Iwate, a rural part of Northern Japan, largely cut off from the modern world. As a boy he was fascinated by glimpses of the modern industrial world - train lines and telegraph poles running into the distance - and he hoarded scientific information. His stories often contain fantastical descriptions of landscape alongside technological details. He was also deeply connected to the folk tales of Japan and interested in both Buddhism and Christianity.After graduation from agricultural college, he moved to Tokyo to write and work as a proofreader. When his sister became ill, he returned to Iwate to care for her and remained there for the rest of his life. He devoted himself to the education and protection of the local farming community, even eating the same poor diet in solidarity with his neighbours contributing to his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 37. Only two of Miyazawa's works were published during his lifetime. His success and fame as a writer came posthumously but his poetry and stories are popular in Japan to this day.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 宮澤賢治《銀河鐵道之夜》英譯本—迷人的動物、人類與自然世界的神秘故事集。「對於喜歡童話中令人不安的元素、短歌的細膩與驚喜、日常生活與超自然的碰撞以及日本工業化邊緣一瞥的讀者來說，宮澤賢治的大師級故事將是一場享受。」 ——《紐約時報》