Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781479313730)

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (also Kaidan), often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by Lafcadio Hearn which features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1965. Kaidan is Japanese for "ghost story". Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 - 26 September 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.

Author: Alex Struik, Lafcadio Hearn
ISBN-10: 1479313734
ISBN-13: 9781479313730
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2012
Pages: 138
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d