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Description edit
An Oriental classic retold by a Nobel Prize winner, with modern illustrations. An early Helan-period (794-1185) prose work about a supernatural being found by a bamboo cutter and brought up as his daughter. Text is presented in bilingual Japanese-English format alongside original, full-color... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Many years ago there lived a man they called the Old Bamboo Cutter.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1289 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Yasunari Kawabata (Adapter)
- Donald Keene (Translator)
- Masayuki Miyata (Artist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Japanese
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Fairy Tales
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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