Japanese Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Author : Edogawa Rampo
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781462900619

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Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo Pdf

This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork. Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. Mystery stories include: The Human Chair The Caterpillar Two Crippled Men The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11258084

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : Edogawa Rampo
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 4805311932

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Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo Pdf

This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork. Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. Mystery stories include: The Human Chair The Caterpillar Two Crippled Men The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture

Author : Edogawa Rampo,James B. Harris
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1989-12-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0804803196

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Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo,James B. Harris Pdf

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Author : Edogawa Rampo
Publisher : Fantasy and Horror Classics
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447406297

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The Edgar Allan Poe of Japan - Some Tales by Edogawa Rampo - With Some Stories Inspired by His Writings (Fantasy and Horror Classics) by Edogawa Rampo Pdf

Edogawa Rampo is the pen name of Japanese author Hirai Taro. Influenced in his early career by Western mystery writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he is one of Japan's most famous authors, and a true master of the short story form. This collection brings you a selection of his finest work, including 'The Human Chair' and 'The Hell Of Mirrors'.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1853260134

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

A classic collection of short stories.

Author : Ranpo Edogawa,Seth Jacobowitz,Takayuki Tatsumi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 4902075253

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The Edogawa Rampo Reader by Ranpo Edogawa,Seth Jacobowitz,Takayuki Tatsumi Pdf

Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and mystery fiction. He is also a major writer in the tradition of Japanese Modernism, and exerts a massive influence on the popular and literary culture of today's Japan. The Edogawa Rampo Reader presents a selection of outstanding examples of his short fiction, and a selection of his non-fiction prose. Together, they present a full and accurate picture of Rampo as a major contributor to the Japanese literary scene, helping to clarify his achievements to the English-speaking world. All the content of the Rampo Reader is brand-new to English. His non-fiction work has never been translated into English before. This is the only place to find a comprehensive one-volume introduction to the world of Edogawa Rampo.

Author : Kyoka Izumi
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0824817893

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Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyoka Izumi Pdf

Resisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji "enlightenment," Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance. Gothic Tales makes available for the first time a collection of stories by this highly influential writer, whose decadent romanticism led him to envision an idiosyncratic world--a fictive purgatory --precious and bizarre though always genuine despite its melodramatic formality. The four stories presented here are among Kyoka's best-known works. They are drawn from four stages of the author's development, from the "conceptual novels" of 1895 to the fragmented romanticism of his mature work. In the way of introduction, Inouye presents a clear analysis of Kyoka's problematic stature as a "great gothic writer" and emphasizes the importance of Kyoka's work to the present reevaluation of literary history in general and modern Japanese literature in particular. The extensive notes that follow the translation serve as an intelligent guide for the reader, supplying details about each of the stories and how they fit into the pattern of mythic development that allowed Kyoka to deal with his fears in a way that sustained his life and, as Mishima Yukio put it, pushed the Japanese language to its highest potential.

Author : Taro Hirai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Detective and mystery stories, Japanese
ISBN : OCLC:229369764

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Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Taro Hirai Pdf

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : New York : M.J. Ivers, [19--?]
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00037170

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The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Author : Chūya Nakahara
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0852442556

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The Poems of Nakahara Chūya by Chūya Nakahara Pdf

Acclaimed English translation of poems by one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan's early modern poets: Nakahara Chuya. Now ranked among the finest Japanese verse of the 20th century, influenced by both Symbolism and Dada, he created lyrics renowned for their songlike eloquence, their personal imagery and their poignant charm.

Author : Akutagawa Ryunosuke
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976222311

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Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke Pdf

Turned into a film by Akira Kurosawa, now available for free at archive.org.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241381281

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Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn Pdf

The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781462917211

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Japanese Tales from Times Past by Anonim Pdf

This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature—the Konjaku Monogatari Shu. This collection of traditional Japanese folklore is akin to the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer or Dante's Inferno—powerfully entertaining tales that reveal striking aspects of the cultural psychology, fantasy, and creativity of medieval Japan—tales that still resonate with modern Japanese readers today. The ninety stories in this book are filled with keen psychological insights, wry sarcasm, and scarcely veiled criticisms of the clergy, nobles, and peasants alike—suggesting that there are, among all classes and peoples, similar failings of pride, vanity, superstition and greed—as well as aspirations toward higher moral goals. This is the largest collection in English of the Konjaku Monogatari Shu tales ever published in one volume. It presents the low life and the high life, the humble and the devout, the profane flirting, farting and fornicating of everyday men and women, as well as their yearning for the wisdom, transcendence and compassion that are all part and parcel of our shared humanity. Stories Include: The Grave of Chopsticks Robbers Come to a Temple and Steal Its Bell The Woman Fish Peddler at the Guardhouse Fish are Turned into the Lotus Sutra A Dragon is Caught by a Tengu Goblin The Monk Tojo Predicts the Fall of Shujaku Gate Wasps Attack a Spider in Revenge

Author : Futaro Yamada
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345495105

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The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada Pdf

An epic novel that takes you deeper into the world and history of Basilisk! To resolve a clash over succession, the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa has devised the ultimate contest. Two rival ninja clans, the Kouga and the Iga, will meet in a battle to the death. The victor will rule Japan for the next thousand years. But in the midst of this bloody war, an unlikely romance blooms between Gennosuke of the Kouga clan and Oboro of the Iga clan. Gennosuke and Oboro are the next leaders of their clans and their fates are inextricably bound with that of their families. In the colossal fight, the star-crossed lovers are faced with a fatal choice between true love and destiny. Can romance conquer a four-hundred-year-old rivalry? Or is their love fated to end in death?