Book of Japanese Fairy Tales

A postwar sensation and one of Japan’s most enduring literary icons, Osamu Dazai brings his wit and humor to eleven fantastical tales, featuring a talking tortoise who dispenses advice and a mischievous bunny who sets a tanuki ablaze. Ralph McCarthy, master Dazai translator, gathers the author’s famous wartime retellings with a curated selection of fables for this delightfully subversive collection.