by Lafcadio Hearn · Anaconda Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783866479210
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«Japanische Geistergeschichten» is Lafcadio Hearn's collection of ghost stories published by Anaconda Verlag in hardback (155 pages, in German).
The volume brings together sixteen short tales of Japanese folklore: apparitions, legends and creatures such as yokai and yurei, in settings ranging from waterfalls and temples to everyday corners. Hearn, a European writer based in Japan since 1890, builds a supernatural atmosphere and subtle terror.
Volume 21 of the Geschenkbuch Weisheit collection. German translation by Gustav Meyrink; the original work is 'In Ghostly Japan' (1899).
Aimed at readers of Japanese folklore, classic horror stories and short narratives with a supernatural atmosphere.
Yakumo Koizumi was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature of Japan to the mainstream Western world.
