| Description: | Lafcadio Hearn Was A Writer Particularly Gifted At Translating A Foreign Aesthetic For A Western Audience Hearn's Writing Is Always Lyrical And Passionate, And In This Collection Of Essays And Tales-Not All Of Which Are On Subjects Japanese, Unlike His Most Popular Works-We See Also His Most Refined Workmanship And Most Intellectual Discourse Whether An Extrapolation On Goblin Poetry, A Discussion Of The Existential Question, A Passionate Retelling Of A Mythic Tale, Or An Illustration Of Japan's Social Philosophy, The Pieces Herein Form A Portrait Of A Man Who Is Taking Us Somewhere Fantastic, But Making Us Feel At Home All The Way Bohemian And Writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) Was Born In Greece, Raised In Ireland, And Worked As Newspaper Reporter In The United States Before Decamping To Japan He Also Wrote In Ghostly Japan (1899), And Kwaidon (1904) |
