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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