THE KWAIDAN COLLECTION

$100 · Offered by Beehive Books

The great painter and multimedia artist Kent Williams is depicting the supernatural Japanese stories of Lafcadio Hearn, originally published in his books Kwaidan and Shadowings . These books are full of ghost stories, nightmares and strange tales -- of possessed forests, of monks tormented by demons and ghosts, of corpse brides, man-eating goblins, and undead samurai. They come to life as never before under Williams' brush. Featuring an introduction by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, a foreword by writer Kyoko Yoshida, and a biographical afterword by Hearn's great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Bon Koizumi. 204 pages, 12" x 9".

• Binding: Hardcover

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