Far Eastern category: 291 books
by 劉炯朗
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 13, 2013
大師新講《三字經》 無分年齡大小、學歷高低，都能從中啟發智慧，感受趣味。 年僅七歲的孩子為何有資格當孔子的老師？為何能掌管國家典籍、校正藏書？ 四時、五行、七情、八音、十義……數字中究竟藏著多少攸關實際生活的密碼？...
by 徐訏
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 1, 2016
《現代中國文學的課題》是徐訏所著的文學評論之一，他在這本書中運用自己長年的所學與深厚的文史哲涵養，提出自己對中國知識分子與中國文學發展的評析。其所涵蓋的範圍，上自清末、下至一九五○年代，特別是民初五四新文化運動時期的中國文藝發展，格外受到徐訏評論的重視。
by Rosalind Silvester, Guillaume Thouroude
Language: French
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: June 1, 2012
La fin du XXe siècle a vu l’émergence de la Chine comme puissance économique, mais le monde francophone connaît l’influence culturelle de la Chine depuis bien plus longtemps. Depuis 1880, des auteurs chinois utilisent la langue française pour s’exprimer et pour élaborer des oeuvres variées,...
I racconti di Ise
Ise monogatari
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Lo Ise monogatari (I racconti di Ise) è una delle opere più conosciute e apprezzate della produzione letteraria del periodo Heian (794-1185). Nella versione ritenuta dagli studiosi più rappresentativa, si presenta come una raccolta di 125 brevi aneddoti (dan) incentrati sulla descrizione di momenti...
Letterario, troppo letterario
Antologia della critica giapponese moderna
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 10, 2016
La critica letteraria e la saggistica riguardante temi legati alla pratica creativa costituiscono due voci importanti nella letteratura giapponese moderna. Da Natsume Sōseki e Tanizaki Jun'ichirō ad autori meno noti come il romantico Kitamura Tōkoku o il futurista Hirato Renkichi, il libro introduce...
by Katai Tayama
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Primo lavoro rappresentativo della corrente naturalista in Giappone, il romanzo Futon (1907) di Tayama Katai destò scalpore per la crudezza e il realismo con cui veniva presentata la vita interiore del protagonista, alter ego dichiarato dello stesso autore. Una confessione senza veli del suo rapporto...
by William Reyland
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
A touching and at times comical adventure of spirit and grit, an American man trades it all for the heat and mind-bending solitude of a rural Buddhist temple.
A modern day 'Mai Pen Rai', Bill Reyland's memoir chronicles his personal adventures and experiences as he fumbles through the intricacies of Thai culture, vicious temple dogs, extreme heat and mind-bending solitude.
Temple Stay
A Journey of Self-Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
A temple stay is a short sojourn at a temple where one goes to follow monastic rules of life. For this reason, many seek out temples for the explicit purpose of having a rest. It is for this reason that a temple stay can be compared to a nap: a short break from one’s daily routine provides the...