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Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 7, 2013

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Who it’s for
Old Japanese tales and a study of insects make for an intriguingly off-kilter pairing.
Genres
Ghost Stories, Japanese Literary Collections, The Occult & Supernatural
Published
Start Publishing LLC, March 7, 2013

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About this book

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and this was, to the best of his knowledge, the first record of it.

Strange Pairings

Old Japanese tales and a study of insects make for an intriguingly off-kilter pairing.

Come here for

  • Japanese ghost stories drawn largely from old texts
  • A brief study of insects alongside the uncanny

Expect

  • Translated stories, with one tale Hearn says he heard from a farmer
  • A collection that moves between the supernatural and natural observation

Where it sits

Ghost Stories43%
Japanese Literary Collections43%
The Occult & Supernatural28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • Horror
  • The Occult & Supernatural
Authors
Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 7, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Historical Fiction