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Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things - - Japanese Ghost Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Paperback
HorrorClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604596960
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 8 2009
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Enter a world of haunted temples, vengeful spirits, supernatural encounters, and eerie legends drawn from the folklore of old Japan.
First published in 1904, Kwaidan gathers Lafcadio Hearn's haunting retellings of traditional Japanese ghost stories and supernatural legends. These tales feature spectral brides, restless warriors, mysterious apparitions, shape-shifting creatures, and ordinary people who discover that the boundary between the living and the dead is dangerously thin. Hearn's restrained prose gives the stories an atmosphere of quiet dread, allowing terror to emerge gradually from familiar surroundings.
Among the collection's most memorable pieces are The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi, Yuki-Onna, Diplomacy, and Rokuro-Kubi. Hearn presents these narratives not merely as sensational tales but as expressions of Japanese belief, morality, memory, and cultural tradition. The final section, Insect Studies, turns to butterflies, mosquitoes, and ants, blending folklore, philosophy, observation, and speculation in Hearn's distinctive style.
Kwaidan remains one of the most influential English-language collections of Japanese supernatural literature. Its stories helped introduce generations of Western readers to the kaidan tradition and later inspired Masaki Kobayashi's celebrated film adaptation. This edition will appeal to readers of classic horror, Japanese folklore, ghost stories, weird fiction, and atmospheric tales of the supernatural.
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