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In Ghostly Japan
Lafcadio Hearn
Book Overview:
This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries to give a glimpse into the customs of the Japanese, by giving examples of Buddhist Proverbs and explaining the use of incense and the nation wide fascination with poetry. Furthermore, he has again translated several hair-rising ghost stories, like "A Passional Karma" about the truly undying love of a young couple.
This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries to give a glimpse into the customs of the Japanese, by giving examples of Buddhist Proverbs and explaining the use of incense and the nation wide fascination with poetry. Furthermore, he has again translated several hair-rising ghost stories, like "A Passional Karma" about the truly undying love of a young couple.
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He was already an old man when I first saw him in Izumo,— certainly more than sixty years of age, but looking very much younger. Afterwards I met him in Osaka, in Kyoto, and in Kobe. More than once I tried to persuade him to pass the colder months of the winter-season under my roof,—for he possessed an extraordinary knowledge of traditions, and could have been of inestimable service to me in a literary way. But partly because the habit of wandering had become with him a second nature, and partly because of a love of independence as savage as a gipsy's, I was never able to keep him with me for more than two days at a time.
Every year he used to come to Tokyo,—usually in the latter part of autumn. Then, for several weeks, he would flit about the city, from district to district, . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Musings of a pondering mind.
Ya había leído algunos de los relatos que se incluyen aquí. Es un compendio de tradiciones, leyendas y cuentos alrededor de la muerte.
Me ha gustado que se trata no solo de historias, sino de poemas y filosofía, así como algunas reflexiones del propio autor. Lo recomendaría solo para quien le gusta
A fantastic book from the chief exporter of Japanese culture to the occidental world. A sketchbook of sorts, in the same vein of The Sketchbook by Washington Irving, full of short stories and well informed observations of a rural Japan that has now, unfortunately, mostly slipped into the clutches of
Este libro me lo regaló Elena para mi cumpleaños el año pasado. Por el título, la portada y la sinopsis de la editorial parece que sea una recopilación de cuentos de terror japoneses, pero no es así. Más bien es una serie de ensayos y relatos que hablan sobre el folclore japonés, costumbres o ritual
in japan there're two kinds of ghosts, the ones from the living and the ones from the dead, which doesn't mean there're living ghosts and dead ghosts :]
people(including chinese) convince that when people die, there'll be ghosts, ghosts are dead people. but here, this book will let you learn some oth
Though I read a later edition, the first edition was published in 1899. In a way, this little collection reminds me of Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra. Both are men in foreign countries, traveling, learning about, living in, & experiencing cultures other than their own. Some of the essays
Based on the title of this book, and the cover art (my copy depicts the Bodhisattva and a pilgrim climbing an enormous mountain made of human skulls), I was expecting a collection of ghost stories and weird fiction. Instead, this is primarily a collection of essays, parables, and fables of Buddhist
Lafcadio Hearn fue uno de mis primeros contactos con la literatura japonesa de terror, y siempre le voy a agradecer por eso. Sus relatos son fascinantes, pero acá no solo vemos eso: mucha leyenda, mucha cultura, conocimiento y tradición salidos de su Japón fantasmal. Al principio se vuelca en el ter