{"product_id":"lafcadio-hearns-japan-an-anthology-of-his-writings-on-the-country-and-its-people","title":"Lafcadio Hearn: Lafcadio Hearn's Japan [2007] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis collection of writings from Lafcadio Hearn paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcadio Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. His prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterful anthology, Donald Richie shows that Hearn was a reliable and enthusiastic observer who faithfully recorded detailed accounts of the people, customs, and culture of late 19th-century Japan. Opening and closing with excerpts from Hearn's final books, Richie's astute selection from among \"over 4,000 printed pages\" also reveals Hearn's later, more sober and reflective attitudes to the things that he observed and wrote about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One, \"The Land,\" chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his adopted home. Part Two, \"The People,\" records the author's later years when he came to terms with the Japanese people themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 18 writings include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Chief City of the Province of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThree Popular Ballads\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn the Cave of the Children's Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBits of Life and Death\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA Street Singer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eKimiko\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn A Bridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough \u003ci\u003eLafcadio Hearn's Japan,\u003c\/i\u003e discover turn-of-the-century Japan through the eyes of a talented and eloquent observer.\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Hearn, Lafcadio \u0026 Richie, Donald","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50651358757203,"sku":"XV84805308738","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hearn-lafcadio-richie-donald-lafcadio-hearn-s-japan-an-anthology-of-his-writings-on-the-country-and-it-s-people-xv84805308738-1152080564.jpg?v=1743115039","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/lafcadio-hearns-japan-an-anthology-of-his-writings-on-the-country-and-its-people","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}