Mono no Aware

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Description

An excerpt from Mono no Aware by Ken Liu.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
nothing in the cry of cicadas suggest they are about to die. Dad, that is a poem by Basho. Do you understand it? I shook my head. I did not like poems much Dad's side and smiled at me. He looked at the setting sun and spoke again. The fading sunlight holds infinite beauty, though it is so close to the day's end, I recited the lines to myself. Something in them moved me. I tried to put the feeling into words. It is like a gentle kitten is licking the inside of my heart. Instead of laughing at me, Dad nodded solemnly.