The Carp Faced Boy And Other Tales
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| Author | : Thersa Matsuura |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2017-02 |
| Genre | : Japan |
| ISBN | : 9788899569372 |
Beautiful, haunting, and grotesque, The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales offers stories reminiscent of traditional Japanese folktales alongside contemporary horror fiction. Matsuura's unique voice, in its poignancy and lightheartedness, is unforgettable.From the Introduction by Bram Stoker Award Winner Author Gene O'Neill: I have Thersa Matsuura's name underlined on the side of my fridge. I will watch for her byline. As I'm sure, you, the reader of this collection will, too.Cover Art by Daniele Serra
| Author | : Thersa Matsuura |
| Publisher | : Catapult |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2009-03-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1582439397 |
In Japan, the line that divides myth from reality is not merely blurred, it is nonexistent. Superstitions, legends, and folk myths are passed down through generations and pervade daily living. When a child playing near a river fails to return home, it is whispered that she was swept away by an adzuki arai, or Bean Washer. When a man boarding a ship hears the ringing of an unseen insect, it is announced that a funadama (Boat Spirit) is present and so the auspicious harbinger of smooth seas and abundant catch is celebrated. Even something as innocuous as waking up to find your pillow at the foot of your bed is thought to be the trick of a makura gaeshi, otherwise known as a Pillow Turner. Nothing is as simple as it seems. Your neighbor isn't merely an eccentric old woman—she might very well be a shape–shifting, grudge–harboring Water Sprite. The Japanese examine life and living with the keenest eyes and the most vivid of imaginations. Thersa Matsuura has captured that essence in this darkly insightful collection illuminating the place where reality falters and slips into the strange and fantastical.
| Author | : Ron Rash |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2007-04-17 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1466828064 |
Chemistry and Other Stories, A Picador Paperback Original From the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South. In Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. Three old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. In the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.
| Author | : Trung Le Nguyen |
| Publisher | : Random House Graphic |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2020-10-13 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1984851594 |
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Publishers Weekly In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents. But how will he find the words to tell them that he’s gay? A powerful read about family, identity and the enduring magic of stories. “One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year" –Entertainment Weekly Tien and his mother may come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he’s been raised in America—but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased. But as much as Tien’s mother’s English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there’s one conversation that still eludes him—how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he’s going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him? This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don’t know the words. “A lyrical masterpiece.” –BuzzFeed
| Author | : Yei Theodora Ozaki |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2017-07-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1387097458 |
This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.... In telling these stories in English I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version. At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority...
| Author | : Peter Straub |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 706 |
| Release | : 2011-02-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307776662 |
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story brings the chilling Blue Rose Trilogy to an astonishing close—secrets unearthed, demons revisited, and mysteries solved. • “A masterpiece…. The most intelligent novel of suspense to come along in years.” —The Washington Post Book World Tim Underhill, now an acclaimed novelist, travels back to his hometown of Millhaven, Illinois after he gets a call from John Ransom, an old army buddy. Ransom believes there’s a copycat killer on the loose, mimicking the Blue Rose murders from decades earlier—he thinks his wife could be a potential victim. Underhill seeks out his old friend Tom Pasmore, an aging hermit who has attained minor celebrity as an expert sleuth, to help him investigate. They quickly discover that Millhaven is a town plagued by horrifying secrets and there is a twisted killer on the loose who is far more dangerous than they ever imagined. Expertly tying together the events of Koko and Mystery, The Throat proves Peter Straub to be the master of the suspense novel.
| Author | : Paul Michael Anderson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2020-09-14 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781943720484 |
They are killers. They are monsters. They are evil. They stalk through summer camps, abandoned hospitals, rundown schools, and isolated houses, hunting anyone foolish enough to visit these places, leaving behind carnage, terror, death, and destruction. Sometimes, there are survivors. Always, there is blood. And they do it to protect and preserve all of existence across the Multiverse. But now they are the ones being stalked and hunted, and life as we know it hangs in the balance unless they figure out a way to survive.
| Author | : Rafe Martin |
| Publisher | : Putnam Juvenile |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Eleven traditional Japanese tales. 10 yrs+
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Katha |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9788189934750 |
| Author | : Ellen Renner |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547744463 |
Princess Charlie embarks on a fantastical adventure to solve the mystery of the missing Queen and save her kingdom.
