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Night on the Galactic Railroad
Kenji Miyazawa
Two boys board a train crossing the night sky toward a distant place.
Beneath its beautiful dreamlike scenes, parting and prayer quietly remain.
A welcoming Aozora Bunko classic worth returning to.
Why read it now
Its short chapters are easy to enter, while the questions it leaves behind linger much longer.
Before reading
Miyazawa left the work unfinished, and the different surviving versions can create subtly different impressions.
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