Japanese Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn author Paul Murray editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Nov '23

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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 nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

ISBN: 9780241675298

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 193g

256 pages