Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan
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Publisher : WordFire +ORM
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781680573695
ISBN-13 : 1680573691
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan by : Lafcadio Hearn

A haunting collection of Japanese folktales, translated and interpreted by the acclaimed Irish-Greek author and Japanophile. In 1904, Lafcadio Hearn introduced Western readers to the world of Japanese folklore with his collection of ghost stories, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. His hauntingly lyrical and complex translations, in which he often put his own twist on the traditional tale, are now regarded as preeminent classics in Japan. This volume presents seventeen of Hearn’s unforgettable stories. A blind performer plays for an audience of ghosts. A maiden reincarnates to search for her beloved. A nurse offers the ultimate sacrifice for her young charge. And a group of rokurokubi plot to end the life of a noble samurai. Whether you’re in the mood for phantoms, demons, ghouls, or ghosts, these otherworldly tales will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading.

Japanese Ghost Stories

Japanese Ghost Stories
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780241381281
ISBN-13 : 0241381282
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Japanese Ghost Stories by : Lafcadio Hearn

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

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
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Publisher : Xist Publishing
Total Pages : 93
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ISBN-10 : 9781681951744
ISBN-13 : 1681951746
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Kwaidan by : Lafcadio Hearne

Japanese Ghost Stories “Then again she wept aloud,– so bitterly that the voice of her crying pierced into the marrow of the listener’s bones; – and she sobbed out the words of this poem:– Hi kurureba Sasoeshi mono wo – Akanuma no Makomo no kure no Hitori-ne zo uki! (“At the coming of twilight I invited him to return with me –! Now to sleep alone in the shadow of the rushes of Akanuma – ah! what misery unspeakable!”)” - Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan Japanese for ‘ghost stories’, Kwaidan is a collection of supernatural occurrences as told by the Japanese oral historians. Witness horror straight from the Masters of Horror and be prepared to meet fantastic characters like spirits, goblins and insects that mimic human behavior. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Shadowings

Shadowings
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015028970153
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Shadowings by : Lafcadio Hearn

Oriental Ghost Stories

Oriental Ghost Stories
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Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 1840226102
ISBN-13 : 9781840226102
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Oriental Ghost Stories by : Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn's fascinating and unsettling ghost stories are a reinterpretation of oriental legends, and folktales. They are a potent blend of weird beauty and horror.

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1569718415
ISBN-13 : 9781569718414
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Kwaidan by : Jung

In 12th Century Japan, amidst a savage conflict between two rival clans, Lady Orin pines for her warrior lover. Jealous of her beautiful sister, Lady Akane savagely mutilates Orin's face and begins a complicated web of revenge and redemption that spans two centuries. Jung's lush, expressive artwork and expert sense of timing brings to life this suspense-filled tale, packed with ghostly encounters, samurai swordplay, undead armies, beautiful landscapes, and strange demons.

In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101068599347
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis In Ghostly Japan by : Lafcadio Hearn

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Publisher : London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and Company
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433068179898
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by : Andrew Lang

Some Chinese Ghosts

Some Chinese Ghosts
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Publisher : Somerset Publishers Incorporated
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000011533740
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Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Some Chinese Ghosts by : Lafcadio Hearn

I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. In preparing the legends I sought especially for "weird beauty"; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's "Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad" "The supernatural, though appealing to certain powerful emotions very widely and deeply sown amongst the human race, is, nevertheless, a "spring which is peculiarly apt to lose its elasticity by being too much pressed upon."" -- Lafcadio Hearn

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts
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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages : 132
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781506706900
ISBN-13 : 1506706908
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts by : Anthony Bourdain

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster) back again from their New York Times #1 best seller, Get Jiro!. Featuring real recipes cooked up by Bourdain himself, this horror anthology is sure to please--and scare! On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food. Including stellar artists Sebastian Cabrol, Vanesa Del Rey, Francesco Francavilla, Irene Koh, Leo Manco, Alberto Ponticelli, Paul Pope, and Mateus Santolouco as well as amazing color by Jose Villarrubia, a drop-dead cover by Paul Pope.