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Description:Eerie traditional Japanese ghost stories retold in a graphic novel format.Nominated for the prestigious EISNER AWARD - the top award in the USA for comics/graphic novels. In the category of: '15. Best Adaptation from Another Medium'http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2016-...Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning "the mysterious and weird." Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means "recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions." The book includes an author's afterword by Sean Michael Wilson, who puts the stories into a personal and historical context.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan: A Graphic Novel. To get started finding Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan: A Graphic Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Eerie traditional Japanese ghost stories retold in a graphic novel format.Nominated for the prestigious EISNER AWARD - the top award in the USA for comics/graphic novels. In the category of: '15. Best Adaptation from Another Medium'http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2016-...Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning "the mysterious and weird." Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means "recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions." The book includes an author's afterword by Sean Michael Wilson, who puts the stories into a personal and historical context.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan: A Graphic Novel. To get started finding Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan: A Graphic Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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