Japanese Ghost Stories - Lafcadio Hearn plants a temporary school pavilion

a temporary school pavilion

die mehr als Dokumente sind – einprägsame Bilder

The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator

The transformation of space is an act of autonomy

is rich in human traces

Japanese Ghost Stories - Lafcadio Hearn plants a temporary school pavilionThe dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore including the headless rokuro kubi, the monstrous goblins jikininki or the faceless mujina who stalk lonely neighbourhoods and infused them with his own memories of