Japanese and Chinese Ghost Stories: five books by Lafcadio Hearn

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Short Stories
Cover of the book Japanese and Chinese Ghost Stories: five books by Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn, B&R Samizdat Express
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lafcadio Hearn ISBN: 9781455402038
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
ISBN: 9781455402038
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English
This collection includes: In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, and The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories.According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things... The Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi adapted four Hearn tales into his 1965 film, Kwaidan. Some of his stories have been adapted by Ping Chong into his trademark puppet theatre, including the 1999 Kwaidan and the 2002 OBON: Tales of Moonlight and Rain... Hearn was a major translator of the short stories of Guy de Maupassant. In Ian Fleming's 1964 novel You Only Live Twice, James Bond retorts to his nemesis Blofeld's comment of "Have you ever heard the Japanese expression kirisute gomen?" with "Spare me the Lafcadio Hearn, Blofeld."
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
This collection includes: In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, and The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories.According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things... The Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi adapted four Hearn tales into his 1965 film, Kwaidan. Some of his stories have been adapted by Ping Chong into his trademark puppet theatre, including the 1999 Kwaidan and the 2002 OBON: Tales of Moonlight and Rain... Hearn was a major translator of the short stories of Guy de Maupassant. In Ian Fleming's 1964 novel You Only Live Twice, James Bond retorts to his nemesis Blofeld's comment of "Have you ever heard the Japanese expression kirisute gomen?" with "Spare me the Lafcadio Hearn, Blofeld."

More books from B&R Samizdat Express

Cover of the book The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook (1860) by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book To the West by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Fabre, Poet of Science by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases (1917) by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Le Parfum des îles Borromees by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Marietta: a Maid of Venice by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book The Iliad of Homer, English verse translation by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Contes de la Montagne (in the original French) by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Ellen Walton or The Villain and His Victims by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book Geological Observations on South America by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book The Approach to Philosophy by Lafcadio Hearn
Cover of the book The Hour and the Man by Lafcadio Hearn
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy