| #2895956 in Books | 2015-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.60 x.70 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 144 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Best Collection of Japanese Ghost Stories!!!|By Darren|Best interpretation of Japanese traditional ghost stories I have ever read! Everyone interested in Japanese traditions or tales of the supernatural should give this a read!||
A CBC Best Book of the Year|CCBC Best Books for Children and Teens, Spring 2016 (starred selection)||"By turns emotionally resonant and unsettling. Umezawa deftly captures the inherent strangeness of these tales." Quill & Quire, st
A bitterly jealous brother, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice — the motives and pathologies underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn’t the wolf kill Little Red Riding H...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan | Rui Umezawa. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
