A Thousand and One Seconds Story

"We now stand at the pinnacle of the world, declaring war on the stars."
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One page·Japanese fantasy literature series. A collection of masterpieces of Japanese fantasy literature, including the Thousand and One Nights, a collection of celestial fairy tales. The originator of exotic literature and the god of inspiration for avant-garde art, Inagaki Ashiho's lifelong masterpiece is published in Chinese for the first time. Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's idol, Yukio Mishima, Ryunosuke Akutagawa highly praised it, saying "the whole world should pay tribute to Inagaki Ashiho's works."
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🌕Editor's Recommendation★ Showa romantic weirdo Ashiho itself is a star——
Mishima Yukio's idol, Shibusawa Ryuhiko's mentor, Sato Haruo's beloved disciple, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's "night sky that can never be touched"
Active from the late Taisho period to the late Shōwa era, Inagaki Ashiho is one of Japan's greatest writers of the 20th century. He emerged like a comet, adored by numerous literary giants. Yukio Mishima declared that the world should pay tribute to Inagaki's works; Tatsuhiko Shibusawa considered him his mage. It was none other than Ryunosuke Akutagawa who penned the words, "Your literature is poorly received in this country, but as long as you can write, please keep writing."
After leaving behind representative works such as "A Thousand and One Seconds Story", "Naturophilia", "Yellow Desert Strange Tales", and "Mitsuraya", he became the well-deserved originator of Japanese ultra-short stories, the godfather of fantasy literature, and the god of inspiration for postwar avant-garde art.
★ "A Thousand and One Seconds Story", a celestial fairy tale of the Thousand and One Nights, the most delicate flower of Japanese fantasy literature, a special star and moon floating in the universe, a futuristic final fantasy of celestial spacecraft...
——"All my subsequent works are annotations to The Story of One Thousand and One Seconds."
One Page: The Second Volume of the Japanese Fantasy Literature Series: The Brightest Star.
Nine tales composed of the moon, celestial bodies, and spacecraft, a poetic universe generated based on sensibility.
"One evening, the moon slipped itself into a pocket and took a solitary stroll." The originator of the ultra-short story, Inagaki Azuho, ​​depicts the moon, celestial bodies, spacecraft, telescopes, and astronomy on his planet. Each cold metallic fragment, each short poem, carries the ethereal tail of dreams and fantasies. In his imaginary universe, we step outside the mundane solar system, encapsulate golden nostalgia and lyricism, and witness the birth and decay of beauty.
The one thousand and one seconds spent in the Zuho universe are also the one thousand and one lives spent by the readers.
★ Pure nostalgia, a vast dream, an encyclopedia of fantasy art that accommodates heresy. Once an underground idol of avant-garde art, now a treasure trove of inspiration for many artists!
"A Thousand and One Seconds" is my bible. —GLIM SPANKY lead singer Reimi Matsuo. Inagaki Ashiho juxtaposes "machinery," "minerals," "celestial bodies," and "boys" on the same stage. "Compasses," "telescopes," "brass record players," and "installation art" are precisely how he perceives the world. His work reflects the absurdity and quirkiness of Dadaism, constructing a self-contained, transcendental world, creating a unique artistic aesthetic.
Asho creates countless transparent dreamscapes, floating through the ancient, present, and future, recording everything that happens in every 1,100 seconds. These dreams have not only garnered frequent tributes from contemporary writers like Hoshi Shinichi, Matayoshi Naoki, Tanemura Kihiro, Ito Sei, and Matsuoka Masataka, but have also drawn acclaim from renowned musicians like Matsumoto Takashi, Ōtaki Eiichi, and Kenmori Ue, as well as painters like Nakamura Hiroshi and Nonaka Yuri.
It's amazing! It's a miracle that such a cool thing exists in the world! (Mataki Naoki)
★ Translated passionately by a new translator × Designer Xihe Miaoqu Design The powerful translator Wang Zihao, who came from the "Land of Ryuhiko", translated Shibusawa Ryuhiko with passion, and Inagaki Ashiho, the enlightenment of Shibusawa literature, translated passionately. The writing style is full of gorgeous coolness, and the atmosphere of the original Japanese text is restored with ingenuity.
In terms of visual presentation, designer Xihe selected the title of the book in retro newspaper print, matched it with a radial pattern design, full of Showa feel, hardcover with square spine, the outer cover is printed with special paper in a special color, and the inner text is printed with offset paper. It is easy to read, delicate and eye-friendly, and a collection of fine products.
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👁 Synopsis "No matter how interesting things in the world are, they are not as bizarre as dreams in the middle of the night."
This collection of the eccentric works of Ashiho Inagaki, the original father of Japanese ultra-short fiction, is the first translated into Chinese, featuring nine representative works from various eras. Titled "A Tale of One Thousand and One Seconds," it marks Inagaki's debut work, and for Ashiho, it serves as a primal model of the universe: "All my subsequent works are commentaries on 'A Tale of One Thousand and One Seconds.'"
The cold air of the universe, the beautiful body of a young boy, the floating strange device... rejecting the dark constitution of modern Japanese literature, it constructs a new and beautiful fantasy world with the hard brilliance of the stars, leading us out of the ordinary solar system, standing at the apex of the universe, declaring war on the stars, and witnessing the birth and decay of beauty.

2023-01-01

广西师范大学出版社

440

9787559852311