Tales of the Ghost Sword
Hideyuki Kikuchi author Ian Macdonald translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:15th Sep '13
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Live by the sword, die by the sword.
A masterpiece collection of historical ghost stories depicting the pathos of lower-class samurai who live for and are held captive by the sword.
Featuring short stories “Shadow Wife,” the tale of the vengeful swordsman prodigy Hisama Sakakibara, and “The Crawler,” the story of stubborn treasury official Genbei Chitsugi, this masterpiece collection of historical ghost stories depicts the pathos of lower-class samurai who live for and are held captive by the sword.
ISBN: 9780857281272
Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 26mm
Weight: 454g
202 pages