Short stories and cultural insights

Description

HEARN (Lafcadio), Kotto, Paris, Mercure de France 1912, 12mo, 256 pp., paperback, damaged (spine split, deserves a fine binding). Collection of stories from Shin-Chomon-Shu, Hyaku Monogatari, and Uji Jui Monogatari. Includes more recent texts: A Woman's Journal, Fireflies, Gaki, At the Heart of the Night, etc. Biography: Lafcadio Hearn was born to an Irish father and a Greek mother and raised in Dublin. He lost an eye at 16. After experiencing rejection from his family, he lived in London and Paris before moving to the United States at 19, eventually discovering Japanese culture. Hearn's life revolved around both his literary works and cultural explorations.