Distant Wild Rose Village

Author: Yasunari Kawakami
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: A timeless classic like Grimms' Fairy Tales, a heartwarming and melancholic story like The Five Little Piglets, a classic fantasy novel that is both tragic and enchanting, reminiscent of a modern-day Grimms' Fairy Tale. Yasunari Kawakami once said that she had a small fairy tale forest in her heart. It was a magical land, a world where fairies roamed, with windows of foxes and branches covered in white parrots. There, one could hear the faint sobs of a girl's soul. Fifty-one enchanting stories that captivate both teenagers and adults.
Yasunari Kawakami was a woman who lived away from the hustle and bustle of the world. She led a simple life, rarely leaving her home, even refusing to travel. Yet, she left behind a hillside of wild chrysanthemum-like short fantasy stories, dreamlike and exquisite, like a series of ethereal and timeless short songs. She always wrote from the perspective of a gentle woman, blending faint sorrow into her sweet and eerie words, crafting stories that were simple yet transparent yet made one feel the pain and poetry of life.