Lafcadio Hearn
The Kwaidan Collection: An Illuminated Edition
The Kwaidan Collection: An Illuminated Edition
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The Illuminated Edition of Japanese Ghost Stories and Strange Tales, a tome of ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by Lafcadio Hearn and illustrated by Kent Williams, is a captivating collection of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn collected and translated during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century. The book features over sixty illustrations and essays from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, scholar Kyoko Yoshida, and Hearn's great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum Bon Koizumi. Kent Williams' visionary brushwork brings the spirits to life in an unsettling and vibrant way. The edition is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9x12 trim format.
Format: Hardback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Beehive Books
Prepare to be transported to a realm of eerie and unsettling tales with the latest Illuminated Edition: a captivating collection of Japanese ghost stories and strange tales meticulously gathered and expertly translated by the renowned author Lafcadio Hearn, brought to life by the awe-inspiring artistry of Kent Williams. This extraordinary tome boasts an abundance of over sixty illustrations, complemented by insightful essays from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, esteemed scholar Kyoko Yoshida, and Hearn's great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum, Bon Koizumi. Presented in an oversized slipcase volume, this captivating masterpiece will envelop your imagination while sending shivers down your spine.
Drawn from Lafcadio Hearn's celebrated works, Kwaidan and Shadowings, this new title forms a comprehensive compendium of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn encountered during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century. Kent Williams, a renowned painter, comics artist, and draftsman, is celebrated for his richly textured and expressionist paintings. His illustrations vividly bring to life a realm of spirits, including eerie corpse brides, flesh-eating jikininki goblins, the faceless mujina that haunt forgotten places, and the rokuro-kubi, who detach their heads at night. Witness these captivating creatures like never before, brought to life under Williams's visionary brush.
This stunning and startling new addition to Beehive Books' acclaimed Illuminated Editions series is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and presented in an oversized 9x12 trim format. Immerse yourself in the eerie and captivating world of Japanese ghost stories and strange tales, as Lafcadio Hearn's words and Kent Williams's artistry transport you to a realm where the line between reality and the supernatural blurs.
Weight: 1690g
Dimension: 271 x 376 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781948886321
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