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Japanese Ghost Stories
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Description: The dead wreak revenge on the living paintings come alive spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro - kubi' the monstrous goblins 'jikininki or the faceless 'mujina who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth - century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray
Title: Japanese Ghost Stories
Author(s): Hearn Lafcadio, Paul Murray
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780241381274
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/24/2019
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends
Description: The dead wreak revenge on the living paintings come alive spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro - kubi' the monstrous goblins 'jikininki or the faceless 'mujina who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth - century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray
Title: Japanese Ghost Stories
Author(s): Hearn Lafcadio, Paul Murray
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780241381274
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/24/2019
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends