月の森に、カミよ眠れ

by Nahoko Uehashi, 上橋 菜穂子

Japanese九州の祖母山に伝わる、蛇神と娘の婚姻伝説「多弥太伝説」をもとにした、日本古代を舞台にした壮大なファンタジー。1992年、上橋菜穂子が日本児童文学者協会新人賞を受賞した記念すべき作品。

Genres: Fantasy

236 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Nahoko Uehashi is the author of ten books in the Moribito series, which have sold more than a million copies and won many major literary awards in her native Japan. An associate professor at a Japanese university, she has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and studies indigenous peoples in Australia. She lives near Tokyo, Japan.

Reviews

[Olia · Rating 5 out of 5]

First i thought that the book is boring. It was quite difficult to understand the connections between the characters... and there was no action at all (anyway am used to some development in the book).

But this book is not about it. Here through the stories of the characters we find out the truth about the past. Gradually, reading about the feelings of each character we understand that we, human-beings, are really very egoistic and too selfish and think only about ourselves.

This book is, on the one side, like many others,because it makes us start to think about the world around and about the role of humanity in the destruction of the nature, and on the other side, it feels so unique. May be because i am not used to reading in japanese, or may be because it is the first fantasy-book in which action takes place in ancient Japan. I don@t know. But the book has really impressed me a lot.