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A cruel conqueror has captured the Spanish city of Fuente Ovejuna. As his reign of terror builds, the townspeople look within themselves to find the courage to overthrow him. The eminent Spanish playwright Lope de Vega based his best-known play on a historical incident that took place in 1476. Written in the early 17th century, the play remains a timely meditation on honor and selflessness in the face of oppression.

This is the third production of Kotonoha Publications called "Great Book Series that has passed on the Japanese feeling". You have not read it although you are a Japanese! Unbelievable! It is an excellent work. This remark was made by Hector Sierra, who presided the NGO "Artists without Boundaries" who were reciting the English version. When the whole Asia including Japan was looked down upon from the West in the early part of the last century, in order to make the West realize the enthusiasm and magnificence of the East, Kakuzo (Tenshin) Okakura wrote this book in Boston. The original...

ことのは出版 英語で書かれた【日本の心を伝える名著シリーズ】第三弾。 「日本人なのに読んでないの!信じられない。素晴らしい作品だよ」・・英文版を朗読しているNGO「国境無きアーティストたち」主宰のエクトル・シエラさんの一言です。 日本を含むアジアが欧米から見下されていた前世紀初頭、東洋の意気込みや素晴らしさを知らしめるために、岡倉覚三(天心)がボストンにおいて英語で執筆した本で、原文は英語で書かれている。中には挑発的とさえ感じる表現も駆使し、東洋に根付く道教や禅の心を「茶」を通して見事に描写している。――初版出版は1906年(明治39年)。一世紀を越えた今もなお、版を重ね販売されている。(岩波書店/ISBN 4003311515)多くの外国人を、日本人を、魅了してきた本書を格調高い文芸朗読でお届けします。 ことのは出版のオーディオブック情報は「http://www.kotonoha.co.jp」にて