Lafcadio Hearn
Overview
Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the most popular of Hearn's writings, and earned him veneration worldwide as not only a great translator of Japanese mythology, but as a sensational teller of strange and wonderfully macabre tales. "Kwaidan" is most commonly translated as weird or horror tales, but to assign one word to the people, places, ghosts and gods in this work, one can only use the word strange. This collection of supernatural tales includes "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi," "Ubazakura," and "Rokuro-Kubi," and other stories translated from old Japanese texts. Hearn was made a professor of English literature in the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1895, and is today revered by the Japanese for providing significant insights into their own national character.
Other editions (19)
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怪谈 现代出版社 2023 -
怪谈 海南出版社 2023 -
怪谈 2022 -
怪谈 天津人民出版社 2020 -
怪谈 天津人民出版社 2020
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怪谈 捧读文化|中国致公出版社 2019 -
怪谈 陕西人民出版社 2018 -
怪谈·奇谭 上海译文出版社 2017 -
怪谈 天津人民出版社 2016 -
小泉八雲怪談 聯合文學 2015 -
怪談 三聯書店(香港)有限公司 2014 -
怪谈·奇谭 上海译文出版社 2014 -
怪谈 天津人民出版社 2013 -
怪谈 陕西人民出版社 2012 -
怪谈 陕西人民出版社 2009 -
怪谈 国际文化出版公司 2005 -
Kwaidan Tuttle Publishing 2005 -
幽靈怪談 晨星 2004 -
怪談．奇談 晨星 None