This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan’s answer to Edgar Allan Poe.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof “psychological” murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid “loves” of the women who sit on his handiwork.
Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo’s stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century.
Mystery stories include:The Human ChairThe CaterpillarTwo Crippled MenThe Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
Publisher : Tuttle Pub
Publication date : 10 May 2012
Edition : 57494th
Language : English
Print length : 222 pages
ISBN-10 : 4805311932
ISBN-13 : 978-4805311936
Item Weight : 1 kg 50 g
Dimensions : 13 x 2.03 x 20.32 cm
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
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Best Sellers Rank: #210,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,498 in Horror (Books) #1,859 in Paranormal Fantasy (Books) #2,110 in Myths, Legends & Sagas
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