Japanese Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn (author), Paul Murray (editor)

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction | Paperback Published on: 02/11/2023

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Synopsis

The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241675298
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 193g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 15 mm

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Educational frights!

[This review refers to the Penguin Classics printing]. One of the most interesting parts of this book is the information about Lafcadio Hearn's colourful ... READ MORE