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Kwaidan: Japanese Ghost Stories
Full title: | Kwaidan: Japanese Ghost Stories |
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ISBN: | 9781435120235 |
ISBN 10: | 143512023X |
Authors: | Lafcadio Hearn |
Publisher: | Fall River Press |
Edition: | Special Value |
Num. pages: | 205 |
Binding: | Unknown Binding |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2022 |
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Synopsis
Stories and Studies of Strange Things
- A man terrified of the ghost who haunts his nights seeks help from a priest, who inscribes his body with protective holy texts … but misses a spot.
- A woman on her deathbed coerces her betrothed’s promise to wait for her reincarnated return, no matter how many years it will take.
- A samurai turned priest does battle with the floating severed heads of ravenous goblins.
In Hearn’s vivid retellings of classic Japanese folk tales – further enhanced in this gorgeous, heavily illustration gift edition -- the spirit world swirls frighteningly close to human reality, the border between the two often being no more than a thin fog of dreams.