Japanese Ghost Stories
By: Lafcadio Hearn
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, …
Want to Read $ 7.49"Whoever pretends not to believe in ghosts of any sort, lies to his own heart. Every man is haunted by ghosts... thought most of us (poets excepted) are unwilling to confess the acquaintance."-Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Ghost Stories
"Whoever pretends not to believe in ghosts of any sort, lies to his own heart. Every man is haunted by ghosts... thought most of us (poets excepted) are unwilling to confess the acquaintance."-Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Ghost Stories
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1. Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6)
By: Clive Barker
4.28
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood. They are a map of that dark highway that leads o… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"The century's getting old and stale; it needs new tribes."-Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6)
"Academe was one of the last strongholds of the professional time-waster."-Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6)
"Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood. They are a map of that dark highway that leads out of life towards unknown destinations. Few will have to take it, most will go on peacefully along …"-Clive Barker, Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6)
2. Sanshirō
By: Jay Rubin , Natsume Sōseki
3.82
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving t… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
- fiction
- japan
"Desire is a frightening thing."-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Doğa, bir mücevheri yaratana kadar kim bilir kaç yıl harcamıştır. Yine o mücevher, madencinin şansı yaver gidene dek, yıldızlar altında kaç yıl, tek başına parlamıştır?"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Ora io sto studiando questo libro solo per l'esame, solo per guadagnarmi il pane, trattenendo rabbia e lacrime. Ricordate: sia maledetto per sempre il sistema degli esami!"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
"Hirota feels strongly drawn toward nature and the natural, is hyper-sensitive to the artificial—particularly that most cramped and constraining man-made creation, society—and does his best to avoid i…"-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō
3. In a Glass Darkly
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
4.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
This remarkable collection of stories, first published in 1872, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, M… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
- horror
4. Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the sou… read more
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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- japan
- japanese literature
5. The Journey to the West, Volume 1
By: Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapter… read more
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- mythology
- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
6. The Lais of Marie de France
By: Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of … read more
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- fiction
- classics
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7. The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Henry James , Rudyard Kipling , Various , Ambrose Bierce , Charles Dickens , Edith Wharton , Lafcadio Hearn , Elizabeth Gaskell , M.R. James , Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Mrs. Oliphant , W.W. Jacobs , Michael Newton , Mary Hunter Austin , Mary Elizabeth Braddon , Fitz-James O'Brien , Amelia B. Edwards
3.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... … read more
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- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
8. La Morte Amoureuse
By: Théophile Gautier
3.76
Format: None pages,
He ceased to speak and commenced to regard me more attentively than ever, as though to observe the … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
- horror
9. Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles
By: Euripides , Philip Vellacott
4.33
Format: 25 pages,
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- fiction
- classics
- mythology
10. Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
By: Donald Keene , Yoshida Kenkō , 兼好法師
3.86
Format: 416 pages,
Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness,with their timeless relevance and ch… read more
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11. Jason and the Golden Fleece
By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more
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12. The Gate
By: Natsume Sōseki , Damian Flanagan , Francis Mathy
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, The Gatedescribes the everyday… read more
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13. Welcome to the N.H.K.
By: Tatsuhiko Takimoto
3.95
Format: 473 pages,
Twenty-two-year-old Satou, an unemployed, reclusive conspiracy theorist living in Tokyo, meets a my… read more
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14. Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
By: Angela Carter
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
In this collection of nine short stories, Carter pinpoints the symbolism of city streets and weaves… read more
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15. Beauty and Sadness
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Howard Hibbett
3.81
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Beauty and Sadness (Japanese: Mei shisatoAi shimito Utsukushisa to kanashimi to) is a 1964 novel by… read more
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16. The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
By: Yukio Mishima
3.53
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from… read more
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- japanese literature
- classics
- fiction
- japan
"First of all, there was a miserable, despairing woman. Then there was a self-indulgent, heartless husband. And last, a hot-blooded, sympathetic young man. And with that the scenario was complete."-Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
"The soul, you see, is a shy and retiring thing. It lurks in dark places and dislikes sunlight. And so, if you do not keep the skylight open at all times, the soul will rot. It easily decays, like a f…"-Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
17. Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
By: Eleanor Parker
4.17
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Interweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seaso… read more
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"A man cannot grow wise before he has had his share of winters in the world."-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"Whatever one thing we give to God's needy for the sake of his love, he will repay us for it a hundredfold in the life to come."-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"In a time of ecological crisis, Anglo-Saxon poems which recognize how fundamentally we are connected to the rhythms of nature - how dependent we are on the well-being of the earth, how grateful we sh…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"The cycle of the seasons, to which poets have so often turned as a reminder that nothing in this world is stable, is in fact one of the great constants in life. In some ways, the thousand years or mo…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
18. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
By: Jay Rubin
4.12
Format: 566 pages, Hardcover
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami. This fantas… read more
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- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"The bones came jumbled together from the kitchen... there was no way of telling my parents from my Brothers and Sisters. I put them all in the same urn. Sometimes, late at night, I hold them in my ha…"-Jay Rubin, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
19. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
20. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
By: Michael Booth
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more
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- japan
21. Japanese Ghost Stories
By: Lafcadio Hearn
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, … read more
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- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- folklore
- fiction
- horror
- japanese literature
- japan
- fantasy
- mythology
"Whoever pretends not to believe in ghosts of any sort, lies to his own heart. Every man is haunted by ghosts... thought most of us (poets excepted) are unwilling to confess the acquaintance."-Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Ghost Stories
