Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn av Lafcadio Hearn

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<p><b>A collection of twenty-eight brilliant and strange stories, inspired by Japanese folk tales and written by renowned Western expatriate Lafcadio Hearn</b><br><br>Lafcadio Hearn (1850¿1904) was one of the nineteenth century¿s best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn was a true prodigy and world traveler. He worked as a reporter in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission from <i>Harper¿s</i>. There, he married a Japanese woman from a samurai family, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, and became a Japanese subject. An avid collector of traditional Japanese tales, legends, and myths, Hearn taught literature and wrote his own tales for both Japanese and Western audiences. <i>Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn</i> brings together twenty-eight of Hearn¿s strangest and most entertaining stories in one elegant volume.<br><br>Hearn¿s tales