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きつねのはなし

Short Story

by 森見登美彦

( 2 ratings, 2 reviews )

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] The curtain opens on a modern-day "Hundred Stories" set in an antique store in Kyoto. This is an astonishing new work by an up-and-coming talent. A fox-faced man lives in a long, narrow, eerie tatami room. A strange deal is whispered in the dark space between darkness and night. What was it that I offered, and what was it that I lost? And what is the end of the strange incidents that occur one after another? This is a collection of strange tales spun with a...

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Page Count:

323

ISBN:

4101290520

ISBN13:

9784101290522

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(4.50/5)

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pm215says

March 30, 2024

If you liked this you'll probably like https://learnnatively.com/book/d3bdc02d62/ -- same author, similar feel: a set of linked uncanny stories. I liked both a lot, whereas I bounced off Tatami Galaxy based on the first few pages and a bit of the anime, so I get the impression this author's work can be quite varied both in style and in difficulty level.

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omk3says

January 7, 2024

Four stories by four different narrators, all taking place in Kyoto. While all four stories stand on their own, they're obviously interconnected in subtle, disguised ways. I regret leaving long intervals between some of the stories, as I'm sure I would have noticed more connections if I had read the book without breaks. This is a book that is definitely worth a careful reread.

The stories offer a glimpse on a shorter or longer period of a university student's life in Kyoto: the first narrator w

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