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I enjoyed reading Japanese folklore and appreciated the illustrations.
It was a sad story though and I really felt it was "just okay," so I sort of have an uneasiness that I missed something here. I realize that most books on this 1,001 books to read before you die I give 2-3 stars as a rating...guess I had higher expectations of this for some reason. Glad to have read it though, considering that has a long historical significance and more so because I enjoyed the artwork. ...more
It was a sad story though and I really felt it was "just okay," so I sort of have an uneasiness that I missed something here. I realize that most books on this 1,001 books to read before you die I give 2-3 stars as a rating...guess I had higher expectations of this for some reason. Glad to have read it though, considering that has a long historical significance and more so because I enjoyed the artwork. ...more
A short Japanese tale
Dec 31, 2008
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A classic Japanese tale of a little girl found in a bamboo reed. Both the modern Japanese and the English translations in this book are good, and the art is absolutely breath-taking.
Nov 20, 2012
Annie
marked it as 1001-list
Jan 10, 2013
Micha
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Mar 31, 2020
Jonathan
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Jan 13, 2021
Kathy Jo
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