Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn, Complete Japanese Ghost Stories

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In the United States, Hearn is also known for his writings about the city of New Orleans based on his ten-year stay in that city. In this book: Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Ghostly Japan Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series Glimpses of an Unfamilar Japan Second Series Kimiko and Other Japanese Sketches