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科学的小説家である鵜照（うてる）は、子供の頃から「新年」に恐怖を抱いていた。晴れ着を着せられ親類を訪問させられたり、意味のない祝詞を暗唱させられたりしたのが原因だった。26歳で年賀状を初めて作った時は満足したが、それが常習化すると苦労の種となり、「同じ文句を印刷して交換するなら、最初から交換しなくても同じ」と年賀状全廃説を唱えるようになってしまった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

朝に奈良の宿を発って高野山に向かう。吉野川を渡り乗合自動車に乗った後、O先生と私は駕籠に乗り、T君とF君は徒歩で登り、奥の院で護摩の火に一燈を献じて宿坊に戻る。その夜、仏法僧鳥が啼くのを聴くため、再び奥の院に行く。仏法僧鳥は高野山の霊鳥で、運がよければ聴けるが、後生のよくない者は聴けない。私達は奥の院の裏手で待っていた。

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. The nine stories in this stunning debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

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二人の中学生が、橋の欄干にもたれながら川の流れに目を落としていた。映画で夜更かししたAと、偶然すれ違ったBは、定刻を一分でも過ぎれば門が閉ざされる厳格な学校から締め出されてしまったのだ。仕方なく散歩をすることにした二人は、須田町を抜け、人波の間を縫って進む。初めて体験する“平日の街”は彼らの心を躍らせた。

A towering figure in the pantheon of twentieth-century literature, Thomas Mann has often been perceived as a dry and forbidding writer—"the starched collar," as Bertolt Brecht once called him. But in fact, his fiction is lively, humane, sometimes hilarious. In these fresh renderings of his best short work, award-winning translator Damion Searls casts new light on this underappreciated aspect of Mann's genius.

‘Ted Chiang is one of the most exciting writers in science fiction . . . These parables are filled with hope and humanism.’ – The Daily Telegraph From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others – the basis for the Academy Award-winning film Arrival – comes a groundbreaking...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

松吉と杉作は顔がよく似た兄弟だが、松吉だけが手に二つのいぼを持っていた。夏休み、町に住むいとこの克己が彼らの田舎を訪れる。三人はニッケイの木をたたいたり、おじいさんの耳に生えた毛を笑ったりして遊んだ。ある日、彼らは絹池という深い池をたらいで渡ろうとした。池の中央で力尽きた三人は、松吉の「よいとまけ」という掛け声で心を一つにし──。

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The stories comprise a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.

The Russian Classics Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 12 classic novels and short stories by Russian authors, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Tolstoy; Dostoyevsky; Chekhov; Gogol; Turgenev; and more.

집에서 5분만 걸으면 만나는 공원. 조금만 더 걸으면 마주하는 숲과 호수, 그리고 강. 스웨덴은 일부러 찾지 않아도 늘 곁에 숨 쉬고 있는 천혜의 자연환경을 품고 있습니다. 수도인 스톡홀름부터 말이죠. 그 무엇보다 자연의...

내 몸속의 독소를 없앤다는 것은 '무엇을 먹어야 좋은지' 생각하는 게 아니라, '무엇을 덜 먹어야 건강한지'에 대해 고민하고 실천하는 것입니다. 마음이 번잡하신가요? 몸이 무거우신가요? 나만의 우영팟에서 직접 키운...

습관적으로 들어가는 SNS 속 인생들에 대해 더 이상 궁금해 하지 마세요. 대신 그 시간을 오롯이 나의 에너지를 충전하는 것들로 채우세요. 스마트폰 없는 세상, 이제는 상상하기 힘듭니다. 하지만 가끔은 없어도 살 수...

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草原で楽譜を持って座っていたギルダの前に、突如として彼女が深く尊敬するマリヴロン女史が現れる。ライラック色の裾をひいた優雅な姿に、虹が空に架かる幻想的な光景の中で、ギルダは化石のように固まってしまう。やがて勇気を振り絞り、アフリカへ行く牧師の娘であることを告げながら、自分の命を差し出してもマリヴロンの芸術を讃えたいと願う。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

ポピイとピリイは、ある屋敷の車庫で暮らす、古い自動車であった。二人は、それぞれ御主人と奥さまとを乗せて仲良く暮らし、何の不自由のない生活を送っていたが、子供がいないことを寂しく思っていた。男の子がほしいポピイと女の子がほしいピリイは、話し合いの末、小さな可愛らしい孤児の自動車を見つけたら、すぐに養子にしようと決めていた。

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

Miss Prudence Canton loves her quiet life in the country, caring for her ailing father and their beloved horses. She's become adept at fending off the advances of gentlemen until a bold stranger named Lord Woodleigh makes a visit to the stables. For a brief moment lust takes over, but Prudence's father, and his gun, find them before things get out of hand. Now, in order to pay for those stolen kisses, Lord Woodleigh is forced to find a husband for the woman whose reputation he himself nearly ruined.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others Tackling some of humanity’s oldest...

Escape from isolation and broaden your horizons with this audio collection of murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, read by David Suchet, television’s iconic Poirot for more than two decades. Train journeys through rolling countryside and cruises across the open ocean might sound exotic, but...

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart. “A must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.”—The Guardian I, Robot, the first and...

John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. The stories in this volume are: Evil Under the Sun, Sad Cypress, Murder in Mesopotamia, Lord Edgware Dies, Halloween Party, Murder on the Links and Five Little Pigs. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, these superb adaptations feature a cast of outstanding actors playing an array of likely suspects.