{"product_id":"chinese-ghost-stories-curious-tales-of-the-supernatural-paperback","title":"Chinese Ghost Stories: Curious Tales of the Supernatural - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVictoria Cass\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChinese Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e offers a selection of entertaining Chinese tales of the fantastical and paranormal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Lafcadio Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe six ghost stories include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Soul of the Great Bell\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Story of Ming Yi\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Legend of Zhi Nu\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Return of Yan Zhenjing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Tradition of the Tea Plant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of the Porcelain God \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's classic work contains a new foreword by Victoria Cass, which places the stories, their author, and his love for the strange and mysterious into perspective. If you're seeking insights into the traditional Chinese world of ghosts, goblins and demons--or just want to feel a chill run down your spine on a dark and lonely night--then this book is the perfect companion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/b\u003e (1850-1904) was born on the Greek island of Lefkas, the son of an Anglo-Irish surgeon in the British army and a Greek mother. After his parent's divorce when he was six, he was brought up in Dublin by a great aunt. At the age of nineteen, he went to America, eventually ending up in New Orleans as a newspaper reporter. His flight from Western materialism brought him to Japan in 1890, where he worked for an English newspaper, the Kobe Chronicle, and taught in various schools. In 1896, he began teaching English literature at Tokyo Imperial University, a position he held until 1903, and at Waseda University. Hearn married a samurai's daughter, Koizumi Setsu, became a Japanese citizen and a Buddhist, and changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo. At the young age of 54, he died of a heart attack. Hearn's search for beauty and tranquility, for pleasing customs and lasting values made him a confirmed Japanophile. His keen intellect, poetic imagination, and wonderful clear style permitted him to penetrate to the very essence of things Japanese. He became the great interpreter of things Japanese to the West. Hearn's most famous work is a collection of lectures entitled \u003ci\u003eJapan: An Attempt at Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (published posthumously in 1905). His other books on Japan include \u003ci\u003eGlimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894), Out of the East (1895), Kokoro (1896), Gleanings in Buddha Fields (1897), Exotics and Retrospectives (1898), In Ghostly Japan (1899), Shadowings (1900), A Japanese Miscellany (1901)\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKwaidan (1904).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForeword by \u003cb\u003eVictoria B. Cass\u003c\/b\u003e noted author and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies and Geishas of the Ming\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of the Gods: Lands, Myths, and Legends of China.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757628784928,"sku":"9780804841375","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c506514f16e9963d5b98a4ff257e412f.webp?v=1780107242","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chinese-ghost-stories-curious-tales-of-the-supernatural-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}