Milky Way Railroad
| ISBN: | 1880656264, 9781880656266 |
| OCLC Number: | 728642463 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Kenji Miyazawa |
| Translator: | Joseph Sigrist, D.M. Stroud |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Stone Bridge Press, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2010 |
| Publication Place: | Berkeley, CA, New York |
| Japanese Copyright Year: | 1934 |
| English Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Gingatetsudo no yoru. Contents: Introduction, Afternoon Class, The Print Shop, Home, The Milky Way Festival, The Pillar of Heaven, Milky Way Station, Northern Cross and Pliocene Seashore, The Bird Catcher, Giovanni's Ticket, Shipwrecked Children, The Mysterious Forest, From the New World, The Scorpion's Fire, The Southern Cross, The Professor, The Bridge. Illustrations by Ryu Okazaki. |
| Related: | The Rock spring collection of Japanese literature |
| Abstract: | Kenji is swept aboard a magical train, representing the soul's passage to heaven, where he meets many of the recently departed. He will only be allowed to return to Earth when he dreams of being reunited with his father. This translation celebrates the centennial of the author's birth. |
| Subjects: | Future life, Fiction Kenji Miyazawa, Translations into English |