{"product_id":"japanese-ghost-stories-lafcadio-hearn-paperback","title":"Japanese Ghost Stories -- Lafcadio Hearn, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBrilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan, by the Irish writer and Japanophile Lafcadio Hearn--whose life inspired bestselling writer Monique Truong's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetest Fruits\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\n\n\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nIn this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living, and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: \"rokuro-kubi,\" whose heads separate from their bodies at night; \"jikininki,\" or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless \"mujina\" who haunt lonely neighborhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create the chilling tales in \u003ci\u003eJapanese Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lafcadio Hearn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5\" L x 0.7\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241381274\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737704202539,"sku":"9780241381274","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780241381274_3da84ace-8fa2-4aaf-b170-0d654193fdd8.jpg?v=1774777132","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/japanese-ghost-stories-lafcadio-hearn-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}