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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ベルギーにある科学研究所で、モール博士は人造人間の設計図を二本の黒い筒に分けて、弟子の千吉とハンスに預ける。

Written initially in French, later translated by the author into English, Molloy is the first book in Dublin-born Samuel Beckett's trilogy. It was published shortly after WWII and marked a new, mature writing style, which was to dominate the remainder of his working life. Molloy is less a novel than a set of two monologues narrated by Molloy and his pursuer, Moran.

After a lifetime spent in public relations, one-woman dynamo Agatha Raisin struggles to adapt to life in a quiet country village - but she soon finds that there is murder and mayhem aplenty to keep her busy. Among the cases she has to deal with are a poisoned quiche; a vet who has been ‘put to sleep’; a hanged horticulturist; a murdered rambler and a curate who meets his Maker somewhat sooner than expected.

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芥川龍之介の処女作。雪の降る日、橋場の玉川軒では一中節の順講が開かれていた。四十歳を超えた人々が集まり、師匠の紫暁、中洲の大将、小川の旦那などが列席している。末席にいるのは「房さん」という本卦返りをした老人だ。かつては茶屋酒に溺れ、金瓶大黒の若太夫との心中沙汰も経験した彼は、玄米問屋の身上をすってしまったが、今では料理屋に引き取られ楽隠居の身となっていた。

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For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.

Notes from the author: The following is a short story I wrote in the Elantris world back in January of 2006. There were always a few holes in Elantris where I decided not to include viewpoints or sections of explanation in the name of streamlining, particularly at the end. In the back of my mind, I knew what happened. This story talks about one of those holes; it is meant to be heard after you’ve finished the novel and takes place during the events of the climax.  

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】サンフランシスコから渡船でオークランドに渡り、セミナリー・アヴェニューからミルスカレッジを通り過ぎた先にハイツがある。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】秩父地方の豊かな自然が織りなす美しさを描いた随筆。秩父の山々は威圧的ではなく人を優しく包み込む性質を持つ。小暮は、それは情緒的であり女性的であると述べる。

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.

With her husband stranded in a war-torn country halfway around the world, a university professor – on whom the burden of managing their small family has suddenly fallen – tries to maintain order at home. Her young daughter seems not to mind, or even really notice, the father’s absence. But as the weeks go on, mounting pressure on the narrator to balance family and work begins to take a toll.

The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The listener decides.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

賴光が大江山の鬼を退治してから後、今度は京都の羅生門に鬼が出るという噂が立った。賴光の屋敷で平井保昌と四天王達は酒を飲んでいたが、綱が一人でその鬼を退治に行くことになる。真っ暗な中、馬に乗って羅生門の前で待っていると、愛宕山の茨木童子と名乗る鬼が現れる。鬼は綱の襟首をもって空に引き上げたが、綱は刀を抜いて鬼の腕を切り落とす。

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吉田は激しい咳と高熱に見舞われ、次第に身体の力を奪われていく。咳すらできないほどに衰弱し、呼吸は浅く、眠ることもままならない。夜になると、理由のわからない不安がじわじわと胸を満たし、孤独のなかで声にならない助けを求め続ける。母が隣室にいるにもかかわらず、その距離を越えて自分の苦しみを伝えることができない。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】花の国に住むすずめが、かつてないほど寒い冬の夜を枝の上で過ごしている。飢えたおおかみが月に吠えて去った後、道に迷った四人の旅楽師が現れる。年寄りの男、若い二人の男、若い女。雪に降られて動けなくなった一行に、おじいさんは「何事も運命だ」「せめて酒を飲んで唄い明かそう」と語りかける。雪の野原に笛と胡弓と歌声が響きわたり、月や星までもがその演奏を見守るのだが…

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS. Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring...

A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers. In the title story, "Voices of the...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】太宰治による随筆形式の短編小説。男は「禁酒」を決意する。昔は酒が人間を豪放にするものと考えられていたが、現代では精神を浅薄にするものとなっていたためである。男は配給された少量の酒を分割して飲み、さらに水で薄めるといった工夫や、居酒屋で客が店主に媚びへつらい、少しでも多くの酒を得ようと奮闘する姿を目にし、酒がもたらす悲惨さを見出す。

All the delightful and bizarre inhabitants of Wonderland are here: the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the hooka-smoking Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Ugly Duchess... and, of course, Alice herself - growing alternately taller and smaller, attending demented tea parties and eccentric croquet games, and observing everything with clarity and rational amazement.

What strange science made Nameless who he is? What catastrophes have been erased from his memories? In the stunning conclusion of this series, the dark past comes flooding back, and Nameless must decide how much he really wants to know. In Indiana, a murderous psycho has kidnapped his own six-year-old stepson, Jamie, and secreted him away in a subterranean cave. It’s become their bunker. For Nameless, the case is breaking down his defenses, and it may force him to face his memories.