Kwaidan
Subtitle: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Writings on Japan by Lafcadio Hearn)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: ICG Muse
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9784925080323
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Cultural studies; Folklore; Literary studies: general; Asia - Japan; History - General History; Literary Criticism; Japan; History; General
First sentence: The publication of a new volume of Lafcadio Hearn's exquisite studies of Japan happens, by a delicate irony, to fall in the very month when the world is waiting with tense expectation for news of the latest exploits of Japanese battleships.