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A review by claudiadcd
Night of the Milky Way Railway by Kenji Miyazawa
5.0
Like a dream and a fairytale but real enough to conjure images of forgotten childhood. Found it by accident at the airport but once I learned it was a Japanese classic, I knew I had to have it. Lots to learn about the styling but I love the particular type of fantasy. More magical realism than epic fantasy, metaphor or a childhood trip thru dreams.
As vague as it was in the translated English, I really liked the places it went and dream symbolism. I wonder what I missed not knowing the culture it was born from enough. The symbols seemed vague and nonsensical, but maybe there are one to one meanings to the images that I missed. It feels like there's tons of metaphors here so I'll have to reread it with some more reference material.
As vague as it was in the translated English, I really liked the places it went and dream symbolism. I wonder what I missed not knowing the culture it was born from enough. The symbols seemed vague and nonsensical, but maybe there are one to one meanings to the images that I missed. It feels like there's tons of metaphors here so I'll have to reread it with some more reference material.