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Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn (Paperback)
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Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn (Paperback)
Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
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A collection of twenty-eight brilliant and strange stories,
inspired by Japanese folk tales and written by renowned Western
expatriate Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the
nineteenth century's best-known writers, his name celebrated
alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in
Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn was a true prodigy and world
traveler. He worked as a reporter in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and
the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission
from Harper's. There, he married a Japanese woman from a samurai
family, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, and became a Japanese
subject. An avid collector of traditional Japanese tales, legends,
and myths, Hearn taught literature and wrote his own tales for both
Japanese and Western audiences. Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn
brings together twenty-eight of Hearn's strangest and most
entertaining stories in one elegant volume. Hearn's tales span a
variety of genres. Many are fantastical ghost stories, such as "The
Corpse-Rider," in which a man foils the attempts of his former
wife's ghost to haunt him. Some are love stories in which the
beloved is not what she appears to be: in "The Story of Aoyagi," a
young samurai narrowly escapes the wrath of his lord for marrying
without permission, only to discover that his wife is the spirit of
a willow tree. Throughout this collection, Hearn's reverence for
Japan shines through, and his stories provide insights into the
country's artistic and cultural heritage. With an introduction by
Andrei Codrescu discussing Hearn's life and work, as well as a
foreword by Jack Zipes, Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn provides a
unique window into one writer's multicultural literary journey.
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