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Otogizoshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
by Osamu Dazai
What an absolute blast of a book. The exceedingly sarcastic retellings of some of Japan's favourite children's fairy tales.
My favourite has to be Urashima-san who rescues a turtle or a tortoise from mean children and the turtle falls in (platonic) love with him and takes him to the Dragon Palace under the sea. It sounds mild enough, like all the fairy tales but there are hard edges everywhere and the turtle is the most sarcastic creature on the planet seemingly.
All the tales are "fiddled with" in some way by Dazai Osamu. They're funny, mean and there are nods to other myths and legends littered in the script. Great fun!
My favourite has to be Urashima-san who rescues a turtle or a tortoise from mean children and the turtle falls in (platonic) love with him and takes him to the Dragon Palace under the sea. It sounds mild enough, like all the fairy tales but there are hard edges everywhere and the turtle is the most sarcastic creature on the planet seemingly.
All the tales are "fiddled with" in some way by Dazai Osamu. They're funny, mean and there are nods to other myths and legends littered in the script. Great fun!