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Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

An Old Japanese Tale

By Allen Say

Hardcover | 9780395845462

Book Description

Spring had finally come and everyone in the village was happy, despite being poor - everyone except the miserly landlord. Mumbling and grumbling, he sat all alone eating a bowl of cherries and glaring as the villagers sang and danced in the meadow. Then, quite by accident, he swallowed a cherry pit.Continue

Spring had finally come and everyone in the village was happy, despite being poor - everyone except the miserly landlord. Mumbling and grumbling, he sat all alone eating a bowl of cherries and glaring as the villagers sang and danced in the meadow. Then, quite by accident, he swallowed a cherry pit. The pit began to sprout. Soon the landlord was the wonder of the village - a cherry tree was growing on top of his head! What happened to the cherry tree and to the wicked landlord is a favorite joke in Japan. Allen Say tells the story with wit and vitality, and his beautiful drawings complement this classic Japanese tale.

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  • I had this as a kid, and my brother and I both remember it well.[return][return]The closing image -- of the man tearing the tree out of his head, a pond forming in the resulting hole, and then the man finally tripping and falling into the pond and vanishing -- seems like a great allegory for some of ... (continue)

    I had this as a kid, and my brother and I both remember it well.[return][return]The closing image -- of the man tearing the tree out of his head, a pond forming in the resulting hole, and then the man finally tripping and falling into the pond and vanishing -- seems like a great allegory for some of the theory-of-religion arguments I've found myself trying to deal with lately.

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Hardcover 32 Pages
  • Edition: Reissue
  • ISBN-10: 0395845467
  • ISBN-13: 9780395845462
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
  • Pub date: Apr 04, 1997
  • Dimensions: 23 cm x 18 cm x 1 cm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and Others
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