Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn (English) Paperback Book

Description: Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn, Paul Murray A selection of Lafcadio Hearns brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in JapanIn this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore- rokuro-kubi, whose heads separate from their bodies at night; jikininki, or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless mujina who haunt lonely neighbourhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan.Paul Murray is the author of biographies of Lafcadio Hearn and Bram Stoker, and the editor of collections of Hearns work. He is a former Irish diplomat whose posting to Japan in the late 1970s first ignited his interest in Hearn. Review The particular value of Murrays collection is that it leads us in chronological order through a much greater breadth of Hearns writings on the supernatural in Japan, with ghostly tales selected from 11 of his books ... This book insightfully shows how Hearn filtered Japanese ghostly originals through the prism of his own expansive imagination and traumatized experience to create works that were distinctly, and chillingly, his own * Japan Times *What makes these stories, preserved from ancient times, especially readable today is the preternaturally postmodern form they are given in Hearns deeply idiosyncratic telling * New Yorker *The overarching mood is of wonder . . . the stories occupy the reverie world our mind projects onto the backs of our eyelids, where the ordinary mingles with the supernatural * The Wall Street Journal *An extraordinary author . . . Paul Murray, a former Irish diplomat, has been hooked since a 1970s posting in Japan. His Penguin compilation includes 34 selections, a chronology of Hearns peripatetic life, some intriguing background information about the sources of the stories, and a number of evocative woodblock prints. Murrays introduction is exceptionally useful to contextualize the man and his oeuvre, tracing the powerful influence of Irish folktales and ghost stories on Hearns take on Japanese counterparts * Los Angeles Review of Books * Promotional A selection of Lafcadio Hearns brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan. Review Text The particular value of Murrays collection is that it leads us in chronological order through a much greater breadth of Hearns writings on the supernatural in Japan, with ghostly tales selected from 11 of his books ... This book insightfully shows how Hearn filtered Japanese ghostly originals through the prism of his own expansive imagination and traumatized experience to create works that were distinctly, and chillingly, his own Review Quote "The stories in this new Penguin anthology are why Hearn continues to have a lasting legacy in both America and in his adopted homeland, Japan. . . . . It is a testament to the power of Hearns writings that this foreign-born writer has earned a place in the canon of Japanese literature--his work is still celebrated in Japan to this day." -- Colin Dickey, Longreads Promotional "Headline" A selection of Lafcadio Hearns brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan Details ISBN0241381274 Author Paul Murray Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 0241381274 ISBN-13 9780241381274 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-07-25 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Paul Murray DEWEY 813.4 Pages 272 Language English UK Release Date 2019-07-25 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-08-05 AU Release Date 2019-08-05 Alternative 9780241381281 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:125208131;

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