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In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
$26.99 AUD
Category: Classics
At the turn of the twentieth century, Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was instrumental in introducing Western readers to Japanese culture and literature. Raised in Dublin and a longtime resident of the United States, the writer, translator, and teacher arrived in Japan in 1890 and spent the rest of his life ...Show more
In Ghostly Japan: Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
'Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day.' In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories — including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. Th ...Show more
Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living, and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: "rokuro-kub ...Show more
Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- ghost stories from a master recounter of the macabre Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched affair in ...Show more
Kokoro: An Intimate Portrait of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics
'The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). [This] word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning, just as we say ...Show more
Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer by Lafcadio Hearn
$29.99 AUD
Category: Travel
"The Japanese people are more mysterious than I imagined through Hearn's books." --Albert EinsteinLafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the West--a man who traveled to Japan when he was thirty-nine, and never left. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan presents Hear ...Show more
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan: Terrifying Stories of Japanese Yokai, Ghosts, and Demons by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
'Even as she screamed, her voice became thin, like a crying of wind; then she melted into a bright white mist that spired to the roof beams. Never again was she seen.'Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan (which means "ghost story" in Japanese) is the first and most famous collection of Japanese yokai stories ever p ...Show more
Of Ghosts and Goblins by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics - irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith In this haunting collection, the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore stalk the page. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew ...Show more
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