Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology Of His Writings On The Country And Its People
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Few Western writers have penetrated the soul of Japan as deeply, or as tenderly, as Lafcadio Hearn — and this masterfully curated anthology brings together the finest of his writings on a nation that utterly captivated him. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn arrived in Japan in 1890, took a Japanese wife, adopted a Japanese name (Koizumi Yakumo), and never left; his essays, sketches, and ghost stories chronicle the country's landscapes, spiritual traditions, folk customs, and the quiet dignity of its people with an intimacy that no outsider had achieved before or since. Edited and introduced by Donald Richie — himself one of the twentieth century's foremost Western authorities on Japanese culture — this collection presents Hearn's prose at its atmospheric, almost hypnotic best, drawing readers into Meiji-era Japan at the precise moment it stood on the threshold between ancient tradition and modern transformation. Richie's authoritative introduction frames Hearn's literary significance and personal odyssey, lending the anthology the weight of serious cultural scholarship without sacrificing an ounce of its romantic allure. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of Japan — its silences, its ceremonies, its ghost-haunted twilights — this volume asks a quietly devastating question: what does it mean to truly belong to a place that was never yours by birth?
Author: Lafcadio Hearn (Edited And With An Introduction By Donald Richie)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few Western writers have penetrated the soul of Japan as deeply, or as tenderly, as Lafcadio Hearn — and this masterfully curated anthology brings together the finest of his writings on a nation that utterly captivated him. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn arrived in Japan in 1890, took a Japanese wife, adopted a Japanese name (Koizumi Yakumo), and never left; his essays, sketches, and ghost stories chronicle the country's landscapes, spiritual traditions, folk customs, and the quiet dignity of its people with an intimacy that no outsider had achieved before or since. Edited and introduced by Donald Richie — himself one of the twentieth century's foremost Western authorities on Japanese culture — this collection presents Hearn's prose at its atmospheric, almost hypnotic best, drawing readers into Meiji-era Japan at the precise moment it stood on the threshold between ancient tradition and modern transformation. Richie's authoritative introduction frames Hearn's literary significance and personal odyssey, lending the anthology the weight of serious cultural scholarship without sacrificing an ounce of its romantic allure. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of Japan — its silences, its ceremonies, its ghost-haunted twilights — this volume asks a quietly devastating question: what does it mean to truly belong to a place that was never yours by birth?