Yuki-Onna and Other Stories

Hearn´s work was instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West.Lafcadio Hearn was one of the nineteenth century´s best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson.This collection brings together Hearn´s strangest and most entertaining stories in one volume.Ideal for those interested in Japanese folklore. Haunting, mysterious and beautiful, but also possessed of unimaginable power and the capacity for terrifying cruelty, the ghosts of Lafcadio Hearn´s fiction draw their inspiration from the folklore of ancient Japan. These ghoulish beings range from spectral brides to vengeful phantoms and unruly goblins. This collection includes such spectacular tales as "Ingwa-Banashi", "The Corpse-Rider" and "Of a Promise Broken". Through his peerless writing he creates a series of unforgettаble tales that remind us of forgotten worlds where the boundaries between myth and reality grow thin.