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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

Richie, Donald
Hearn, Lafcadio
Kemme, Steve

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.99

ISBN10: 4805317140
ISBN13: 9784805317143
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Mar 7 2023
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Hearn's writing was not only true on the surface but in depth; not only to his conscious thinking but also to the submerged feelings that gave their rhythms to his prose....and he later proved that he knew which tales to choose and which details to emphasize, in exactly the right English. -- Malcolm Cowley

Lafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the West--a man who traveled to Japan when he was thirty-nine, and never left. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan presents Hearn's most famous stories and essays about his adopted land--recounting his love for its striking natural beauty and the rich character and customs of its people.

The 18 fascinating essays in this book include:

  • In a Japanese Garden Hearn's classic description of the meditative calm and serenity he experienced when visiting a traditional Zen garden just outside his back door
  • Strangeness and Charm Expressing his deep love for the richness and beauty of traditional Japanese culture
  • In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts An account of a journey to an isolated sea cave where the souls of dead children are said to congregate

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