I just learned of this viral essay, the Crane Wife, and it’s amazing! Except — and perhaps this is something others have already pointed out — this isn’t really how “The Crane Wife” goes? Strange bc the folk story would have worked in the essay just fine theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/1
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This is just from Wikipedia, but a more accurate description of the folk story.
It jumped out at me because I remember writing an essay in school comparing this crane folk story 鶴の恩返しwith Ibsen’s A Doll's House and I was rather proud of my feminist take
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It’s probably one of Japan’s most beloved folk tales and any kid would know it
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Japanese folk tales are so sad! No wonder we are such a melancholy people.
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Thanks for telling me about The Decemberists song! I’d never heard it. It’s awesome
