Hearn certainly gives unfamiliar glimpses of Japan in this book. Exploring out-of-the-way villages and remote shrines, Hearn wrote about the country’s culture and tradition from the perspective, mostly, of a traveler so delighted, charmed and, eventually, bewitched by what he saw that he didn’t l...
I have started posting reviews again, at the request of my friends. If you like them, please take time to visit my blog also, where I talk about other things in addition to book reviews.I first encountered Lafcadio Hearn in an Anthology of American stories, in a weird little story: The Boy Who D...
while it may seem just a collection of stories and remembrances, musings and fascinations of an outsider, sometimes hit and miss, deep down this book is a love story. not hopeless, romantic, platonic, fantasy, or unrequited, but intelligent love. this is love that analyzes, penetrates, compares, ...