@LibraryThing Fox Tales by Tomihiko Morimi. It's 4 interconnected short stories about a spooky antique shop in Kyoto and the fox or kitsune yokai that menace the locals.
It's the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. John Hersey’s book is a good example of the importance of narrative. When the firsthand memory of survivors disappears, how can we can carry on the narrative?
https://t.co/yN6vTabdtL
#hiroshima#japan
A look back at classic #Superman The Man of Steel Vol. 1 by John Byrne. A brief overview talking about why it was important and pointing out the wackiness!
https://t.co/XqvkccwpQk
fun fact: the english word "clue" (originally spelled "clew") used to mean a ball of yarn or thread. it took on the sense of "a piece of help or guidance" because of the myth of theseus, who is guided out of the labyrinth by ariadne's clew.
A Brazilian woman prayed to a figurine of Saint Anthony for years, only to discover it was an action figure of the elf Elrond from the "Lord of the Rings" films.