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Japanese ghost stories / Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by Paul Murray.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780241381274 (paperback)
Name	Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 author.
Uniform title	Short stories. Selections
Title	Japanese ghost stories / Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by Paul Murray.
Published	London : Penguin Books, 2019.
Published	©2019
Description	xl, 227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Summary	In 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 neighbourhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.
Subjects	Ghost stories
Subjects	Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genre	Ghost stories
Other Names	Murray, Paul editor.
Series	Penguin classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Ghost stories . Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction . See Also: Detective and mystery stories . Fantasy fiction . Fiction . Horror tales . Authors: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 . Murray, Paul . Series: Penguin classics .