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Some Japanese ghosts
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 of the living. Mysterious brides melt into mist, paintings come alive, and man-eating goblins barter for redemption. Traditional Japanese folktales and legends, infused with memories of Lafcadio Hearn's own haunted childhood, are here masterfully retold.
- About The Author
- 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.
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- ISBN
- 9780241746875
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (17 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 73 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 181 x 112 x 7 mm
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