Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan

Lafcadio Hearn's
Author :
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 145
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781611801972
ISBN-13 : 1611801974
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan by : Sean Michael Wilson

Download or read book Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan written by Sean Michael Wilson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eerie traditional Japanese ghost stories retold in a graphic novel format. Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning "the mysterious and weird." Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means "recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions." The book includes an afterword by William Scott Wilson, the esteemed translator and editor of Japanese texts and samurai philosophy, who puts the stories into historical context. A 2016 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Recommendation


Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan Related Books

Lafcadio Hearn's
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Sean Michael Wilson
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-03 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Eerie traditional Japanese ghost stories retold in a graphic novel format. Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into En
Japanese Ghost Stories
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Lafcadio Hearn
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-25 - Publisher: Penguin UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Manga Yokai Stories
Language: en
Pages: 133
Authors: Lafcadio Hearn
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This thrilling collection of seven Japanese ghost stories will captivate lovers of yokai stories! These classic Japanese ghost stories are based on those writte
Musashi (A Graphic Novel)
Language: en
Pages: 177
Authors: Sean Michael Wilson
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-02 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A stunning graphic novel biography of the famous samurai warrior who wrote the classic text on Japanese martial arts, The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi, t
The 47 Ronin
Language: en
Pages: 163
Authors: Sean Michael Wilson
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-05 - Publisher: Shambhala

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A graphic novel depiction of the most dramatic example of bushido—the samurai code—in Japanese history In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenge