Japanese ghost stories
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-19042019
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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 19th-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power.
Main title:
Japanese ghost stories / Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by Paul Murray.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2019.London : Penguin Classics, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780241381274 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2188817