As an interpreter of Japan to the West, Lafcadio Hearn was without parallel in his time. In "Kokoro, " his 15 collected essays examine the inner spiritual life of Japan. Sometimes touching and always compelling, the writings here tell the stories of the people and social codes that make Japan the un[...]

The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore--the spirits of the dead, and the spirits of the living. This classic of Japanese literature invites you to take your choice, If you dare. In Ghostly Japan collects twelve ghostly stories from Lafeadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and gobl[...]

The master satirist captures the colorful culture of New Orleans--its Creole history, debauched underworld, corrupt politicians, and voudou practitioners--in a series of columns and woodcut illustrations originally published in the Daily City Item.[...]

Lafcadio Hearn's La Cuisine Creole is the first Creole cookbook, one of the great rare classics of the culture. Among its recipes, collected "from leading chefs and noted Creole housewives," are gumbos with oysters, okra, and shrimp; "grenouilles frites" or fried frogs; plum, sweet potato, and ginge[...]

' - and the man saw that she had no eyes or nose or mouth - and he screamed.' Lafcadio Hearn's fascinating and unsettling ghost stories are a reinterpretation of oriental legends, and folktales. They are a potent blend of weird beauty and horror. Hearn, who referred to his narratives as 'stories and[...]

This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese--"to t[...]