EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVES

Hearn, Lafcadio

ISBN 10: 0804809623 / ISBN 13: 9780804809627

Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT & Tokyo Japan, 1971

About this Item

12mo. xiii + 299pp. Paperback. Light shelfwear, slight creasing to the spine; previous owner's signature to the half title. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 105916

Bibliographic Details

• Title: EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVES
• Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT & Tokyo Japan
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804809623
• ISBN 13: 9780804809627
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • TRAVEL

About this title

Synopsis

In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn's graceful and poetic prose enables the reader to enter a foreign world. Covering subjects from Buddhism to beauty to the color blue to being, he gently, honestly, and humorously lays bare philosophical truths (sometimes overtly, sometimes subtly) so that they may be both seen and felt, and thus better understood. Bohemian and writer PATRICK LAFCADIO HEARN (1850-1904) was born in Greece, raised in Ireland, and worked as newspaper reporter in the United States before decamping to Japan. He also wrote In Ghostly Japan (1899), and Kwaidan (1904).

About the Author

Hearn (1850-1904) was born in Levkas, Greece, as the son of Greek and British parents. In 1869 he went to the United States and did various work, finally as a journalist. In 1890 he came to Japan and taught English in Japanese schools, and became a Japanese citizen under the name of Koizumi Yakuma. He died in Tokyo.