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Cronaca della Luna sul monte e altri racconti by Atsushi Nakajima, Giorgio Amitrano

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yulande's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

It was very different from what I had imagined, reading the book with no prior knowledge about Nakajima’s writing. It was very existentialist, and a lot of the stories in one way or other focused on the Way of Taoism. Prior surface knowledge of the Chinese dynasties and The Journey To The West greatly helped when reading the stories.

mirrorofneptune's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

There’s a clear, very strong inspiration from classical Chinese fable structure and I thought it was very well-done. “Forebodings” was my favorite– the others run into the problem that is very typical of the inspiration source, where there’s a lot of political info I’m just not that interested in.

sophia_a_a's review against another edition

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4.0

beautiful book! i loved every story very much, they were written and translated eloquently. each story had its own unique characteristics and i found them to all be quite philosophical, i loved the rebirth of wujing. after reading this, i immediately found myself wanting more of atsushi nakajima's stories, but sadly this is the only english translation i could find.

ookiipeter's review against another edition

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So far: Completed The Moon over the Mountain
Trying to figure out what other stories are included.

kestrellady's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A book of historical Chinese stories written by a Japanese author. Some of these I really enjoyed and some kind of meandered. I was glad I’d read an abridged Journey to the West and had that context.