Lafcadio Hearn
Author | : Lafcadio Hearn |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 1873410026 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781873410028 |
Rating | : 4/5 (028 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lafcadio Hearn written by Lafcadio Hearn and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Lafcadio Hearn's writings, including ghost stories and letters, is published to mark the centenary of Hearn's arrival in Japan. Hearn was the son of an Anglo-Irish surgeon major in the British army and a Greek mother and became famous as one of Japan's great interpreters, at a time when Japan was undergoing dramatic social change as a result of the modernization programme begun in the 1860s.