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Oriental ghost stories from Kwaidan, in ghostly Japan, and some Chinese ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn; David Stuart Davies is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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'- and the man saw that she had no eyes or nose or mouth - and he screamed.' 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. Hearn, who referred to his narratives as 'stories and studies of strange things', believed that the spectral world was part of the oriental landscape. Lakes, mountains, ruined castles and terraced fields were the natural locale of ghostly spirits, and their intervention in human affairs was part of the natural order of things. Hearn's apparitions are not a violent intrusion upon everyday reality; they are already a part of that reality, co-existing with the living. This collection contains the best of the work of this neglected master of the supernatural tale. Prepare to be charmed and chilled in equal measure.

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Author

Lafcadio Hearn; David Stuart Davies

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781840226102

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.94 / 5 (111 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14