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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The oldest surviving work of Japanese fiction. The heroine tasks her suitors with nearly impossible challenges to ensure they fail. ( ) no reviews | add a review
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, also known as The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, was written around the tenth century AD, and tells of an extraterrestrial girl found in a bamboo field. This story is the earliest known tale of aliens visiting Earth. Please note that The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is a very short story, some six pages in length, hence it being part of an anthology which we hope you will enjoy. This collection contains a number of early science fiction tales, including: -- The Dream of Scipio by Cicero -- True History by Lucian of Samosata -- Urashima Taro -- The Ebony Horse -- The City of Brass -- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter -- Micromegas by Voltaire. No library descriptions found. |
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