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001			ocn898424624
003			OCoLC
005			20180722221614.0
008			150109s2015 onca j 000 0 eng
040			_aNLC _beng _erda _cNLC _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dBDX _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dSINLB _dOCLCO _dCDX _dNFG
016			_a20159000793
020			_a9781554987238 (bound)
020			_a1554987237 (bound)
035			_a(OCoLC)898424624
043			_aa-ja---
092			_a398.2109 _bU49
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aUmezawa, Rui, _d1959- _eauthor. _9288172
245	1	0	_aStrange light afar : _btales of the supernatural from old Japan / _cRui Umezawa ; illustrations by Mikiko Fujita.
264		1	_aToronto ; _aBerkeley : _bGroundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, _c2015.
300			_a160 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aA bitterly jealous brother, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice-- the motives and pathologies underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn't the wolf kill Little Red Riding Hood right away?), master storyteller Rui Umezawa revisits eight popular Japanese folktales, delving beneath their baffling plot lines to highlight the psychological motivations behind the characters' actions. In 'Betrayal,' a treacherous husband poisons his wife, disfiguring her horribly, so he can marry another woman. In 'Paradise,' a dissolute young man saves the life of a sea turtle, who takes him to a luxurious underwater palace, where his every whim is fulfilled.
650		0	_aTales _zJapan. _910055
651		0	_aJapan _vFolklore. _9288042
655		7	_aFolk tales. _2lcgft _97483
700	1		_aFujita, Mikio, _d1953- _eillustrator. _9288173
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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