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Lafcadio Hearn''s Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan''s Most Famous Foreign Observer

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By (author): Lafcadio Hearn

The Japanese people are more mysterious than I imagined through Hearn's books. Albert Einstein

Lafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the Westa man who traveled to Japan when he was thirty-nine, and never left. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan presents Hearn's most famous stories and essays about his adopted landrecounting his love for its striking natural beauty and the rich character and customs of its people.

The 18 fascinating essays in this book include:
  • In a Japanese Garden Hearn's classic description of the meditative calm and serenity he experienced when visiting a traditional Zen garden just outside his back door
  • Strangeness and Charm Expressing his deep love for the richness and beauty of traditional Japanese culture
  • In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts An account of a journey to an isolated sea cave where the souls of dead children are said to congregate

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan provides an unforgettable look at traditional Japan through the eyes of a sensitive and eloquent foreigner. This new edition features a foreword by Steve Kemme, a leading expert on Hearn and president of the Lafcadio Hearn Society (USA). It also includes 21 color photos showcasing the people and places which Hearn so lovingly describes. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 340g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 203mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Mar 2023
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9784805317143

About Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the earliest foreign writers to publish stories and essays about Japan in English. Arriving in 1890 he taught English literature and began publishing books on Japan in 1894 soon becoming known as the most perceptive interpreter of all things Japanese to the West. His books on Japan include Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Kwaidan and In Ghostly Japan.Steve Kemme is president of the Lafcadio Hearn Society/USA and a former reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer where Hearn formerly worked. He is a member of the Japan Research Center of Greater Cincinnati and has spoken at Hearn symposiums worldwide.Donald Richie (1924-2013) novelist essayist journalist and film scholar was born in Lima Ohio in 1924 but had spent most of the last sixty years witnessing and reporting on the transformation of Japan from postwar devastation to economic powerhouse. He was the author of some forty books of fiction and nonfiction dozens of speeches and essays and hundreds of book film and arts reviews.

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