Japanese audio books 3

Author: Selected and compiled by the Japanese Editing Group of Shangze Society
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is divided into 3 units. The first unit consists of medieval folk tales and modern fairy tales. was a very famous folk tale collector before World War II, and these folk tales were collected in The Stories of Various Countries. Mori Ogai, a literary giant of the Meiji and Taisho eras, adapted "Yamaoka Daijin" from The Stories of Various Countries into his masterpiece Yamaoka Daijin. The fairy tales in the first unit were created during this period, and since the Taisho era, creative fairy tales have also held a significant place in Japanese literature. The second unit includes works by three renowned writers from the Meiji period to the eve of World War II. Natsume Sōseki is a representative writer of the Meiji and early Taisho eras, and "The Cuckoo" is one of the essays in Days of Long Summer, short yet beautiful. The third unit is a poetry collection. Ishikawa Takuboku was a poet of the late Meiji era, and "A handful of sand" is his famous work, widely known in Japan. Yosano Akiko was an enthusiastic female poet and feminist, skilled in waka poetry, and her poems are also highly celebrated. Kojima Hideo was a socialist poet. This collection includes folk tales from all over Japan; children's literature by renowned Japanese writers; short works by famous Japanese novelists such as, , and ; and poems by the three short-lived genius poets , , and . It is hoped that these rich and concise classic works in the book will allow readers to once again "get more for their money," while satisfying the visual and auditory dreamlike enjoyment of both Japanese literature enthusiasts and Japanese language learners, continuously improving their Japanese language skills.