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Kyoka Izumi (1873–1939)

Autore di Japanese Gothic Tales

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Opere di Kyoka Izumi

Japanese Gothic Tales (1996) 188 copie
Une femme fidèle (1896) 9 copie
Laberinto de hierba (2016) 4 copie

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Nome legale
Izumi Kyoka
Izumi Kyotaro
泉鏡花
Data di nascita
1873-11-04
Data di morte
1939-09-07
Luogo di sepoltura
Zōshigaya Reien, Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Japan
Luogo di nascita
Kanazawa, Japan
Luogo di residenza
Kanazawa, Japan (birth)
Tokyo, Japan (death)
Attività lavorative
short-story writer
Relazioni
紅葉, 尾崎

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I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.
Truly beautiful language and descriptions, extremely cinematic and visual, but this oddly contrasts to the plots and symbolism of these short stories which are very hermetic to me, at this point in time anyway.
I would absolutely love to see if anyone has made an analysis of the stories, especially for “the surgery room” and “the spring day” which are both extremely enigmatic.
 
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ellie.sara18 | 1 altra recensione | Oct 6, 2023 |
Puntgave, 120 jaar oude Japanse novelle.

Een monnik vertelt aan een medereiziger het relaas van één van zijn eerdere bergtochten. Na een aantal kwellingen en twijfels lijkt de ontmoeting met een zorgzame, bloedmooie jongedame in een afgelegen berghut soelaas te bieden. Ze woont er samen met een idioot aan een heilzame rivier, een ontmoeting die de monnik niet zomaar achter zich kan laten.

Een mooie, zinnelijke parabel zonder vingerdikke moraal. Schoon.
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GertDeBie | 1 altra recensione | Mar 22, 2021 |
As the title indicates, these tales reveal themselves through the atmosphere of Izumi's writing. It is masterful. The landscapes twist and dissolve and resonate with fear and anticipation. Some of the descriptions are among the most unique I have ever encountered.

But it's not just the atmosphere. The formalistic approach Izumi employs complements the gothic mood. The stories also twist and dissolve into themselves, their resolution never sure at hand. At the end, a cloud of melancholy pervades the book. But that is one with the idea of the gothic.

The stories are set from a period between the turn of the last century to the third decade of the twentieth century. This was a period of intense Japanese modernization, building upon what had already begun during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Izumi's stories reflect those times, but they do so in a timeless manner. Railways and hospital surgeries become places of haunting memories. Seasides and festivals provide a background to enchantments and encounters with death. Utterly fascinating.
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PaulCornelius | 1 altra recensione | Apr 12, 2020 |
Deux nouvelles du début du siècle dernier, mêlant habilement destins de femmes "vendues" à leur mari sans amour, vengeance, honneur et une pincée de fantastique.
 
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Zuzka | Dec 8, 2006 |

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Utenti
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Popolarità
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Voto
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Recensioni
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ISBN
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Lingue
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