The snow ghost and other tales : classic Japanese ghost stories
2023
Books, Manuscripts
Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and the world of supernatural. It was a time and place where men could be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or stories that long-awaited an opportunity to reveal them and seek reparation. 'The Snow Ghost and Other Tales' brings together some of the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folk lore in one new beautiful hardback collection.
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classics, 2023.
Collation:
256 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781784878726 (hbk)
Dewey class:
895.630873308HORF
LC class:
PL770.6
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
3473482
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