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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'The body was cold as ice; the heart had long ceased to beat: yet there were no other signs of death.' The phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore are in this book driven back into the world
In Ghostly Japan is a classic Japanese folklore and religious studies text by Lafcadio Hearn. And it was at the hour of sunset that they came to the foot of the mountain. There was in that place no sign of life, --neither token of water, nor trace of plan
Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books, -such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some of the stories may have had a Chinese origin: the very remarka
Kwaidan Weird Japanese Ghost Stories Stories and Studies of Strange Things Japanese Ghost Stories By Lafcadio Hearn The publication of a new volume of Lafcadio Hearn's exquisite studies of Japan happens, by a delicate irony, to fall in the very month
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
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,
Delve into the captivating world of late 19th-century Japan with Lafcadio Hearn's "Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan, Second Series." This insightful collection offers a rare and intimate look at Japanese culture, customs, and traditions. Hear
"The insect-world is altogether a world of goblins and fairies." - "Sémi" As Lafcadio Hearn observes in his essay "Insects in Greek Poetry", "the capacity to enjoy the music of insects and all that it signifies in the gr
A classic collection of spooky stories about spirits and goblins from ancient Japan. In the late 1800s, Lafcadio Hearn collected and retold strange and wonderful ghostly tales from old Japanese legends. In these stories, a blind poet must perform for memb
Spirits surround us in the latest Illuminated Edition: a tome of all the Japanese ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by author Lafcadio Hearn and depicted by the majestic brushwork of artist Kent Williams. Brimming with over sixty il