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ごんぎつね (おはなし名作絵本 1)

Children's book

by 新美南吉

alternative titles:

ごん狐

( 16 ratings, 3 reviews )

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] A children's story by Nankichi Niimi, an author of children's literature in the early Showa period. They were first published in Akai Tori (Red Bird) [led by Miekichi Suzuki, 1932 (Showa 7)]. The third collection of Nankichi's stories for children, "Hananaki-mura to tobiin-tachi" (Flower Village and Thieves) [Teikoku Kyoiku Shuppanbu, 1943], was first published shortly after Nankichi's death. This is a representative work that is still widely used as an ele...

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4591005283

ISBN13:

9784591005286

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Aozora

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(Free - Public Domain)

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(3.69/5)

16 ratings3 reviews

Entertainment(3.60/5)

5 ratings

Language learning(3.50/5)

4 ratings

soggyboysays

December 13, 2024

Language Learning

Entertainment

Language Learning

Not too bad grammar wise, although there's some slightly old-fashioned language.

Entertainment

This read to me like a typical folk tale/morality tale. Worth a read if you're interested in literature/culture since it seems to be well known.

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Legatosays

August 3, 2022

Entertainment

I fully agree with cat's review, especially the "I equally loved and hated this story." part. This was really good, and I'm looking forward to reading more stories by this author!

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catsays

November 3, 2021

Language Learning

Entertainment

I equally loved and hated this story. Looking at BookMeter reviews this is something kids read in their elementary school literature classes and I can see why.

As for learning - the language is a bit old fashioned but there are several words normally written in kanji that are in kana here (at least for the Aozora edition). I expect you'll need a dictionary, but I don't think the grammar will trip up that much.

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nanasanchezrated

October 21, 2022

Language Learning