[PDF] Asian Ghost Stories eBook

Author : Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)
Publisher : Flame Tree Collections
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781839648823

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Another deluxe edition of new writing and neglected perspectives. Asian ghosts, from India to China, Japan to Thailand, Korea to the Philippines, can be both terrifying and comforting. Underpinned by strong cultural beliefs in the cycles of life and ancestor worship, the nature of Asian spirits differs from that of their counterparts in other areas of the world. The possibility is more instinctually accepted that ghosts remain with us, as part of the world, whether we can see them or not. In Saigon The Daughter of Hui Bi Hua roams the corridors of the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Art, in Japan the Kappa displays an insatiable appetite for cucumbers, in Indonesia the Kuntilanak is a wicked spirit, feared by all, and in Thailand the Preta is a disgusting, hungry ghost. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Author : Monika Davies
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1648344453

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Have you ever heard of the Aleya? These mysterious lights shine through the swamps of Bengal, India. Could they be ghosts? The Aleya are one of three ghost stories of Asia highlighted in this chilling title. Through engaging text and creepy images, readers will come face-to-face with ghostly spirits from around the continent. Maps show where each story is from, while other features highlight similar stories and possible explanations.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Somerset Publishers Incorporated
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. In preparing the legends I sought especially for "weird beauty"; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's "Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad" "The supernatural, though appealing to certain powerful emotions very widely and deeply sown amongst the human race, is, nevertheless, a "spring which is peculiarly apt to lose its elasticity by being too much pressed upon."" -- Lafcadio Hearn

Author : Jillian L. Harvey
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
Release : 2018-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1543525938

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Recounts famous ghost stories from Asia.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2011-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804841375

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Chinese Ghost Stories are a selection of the most entertaining Chinese traditional tales of the strange and fantastic. Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention. This completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's classic work contains a new foreword by Victoria Cass, which places the stories, their author, and his love for the strange and mysterious into perspective. If you're seeking insights into the traditional Chinese world of ghosts, goblins and demons—or just want to feel a chill run down your spine on a dark and lonely night—then this book is the perfect companion. Ghost stories include: The Soul of the Great Bell The Story of Ming Yi The Legend of Zhi Nu The Return of Yan Zhenjing The Tradition of the Tea Plant The Tale of the Porcelain God

Author : PUSPA SWARA
Publisher : Puspa Swara
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release :
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Aghhh… Cermin-cermin itu membuatku takut! Tak bisa sedikit pun aku melihat yang indah di dalamnya saat ini. Semuanya kelam. Hitam. Mati! Sampai kapan aku bisa bertahan untuk melihat satu per satu orang di dekatku menderita? Penuh darah, jerit kesakitan, dan akhirnya bungkam. Dan… aku pun takut untuk tampak di sana. Jika kamu berani untuk menggantikan tokoh di atas, baca terus 29 kisah horor dan misteri asli Asia lainnya dalam buku ini. Pastikan kamu sanggup membaca cerita-cerita dari DUNIA LAIN yang buat bulu kuduk kamu merinding. Hati-hati… tengok dulu ke belakangmu!

Author : Yuan Mei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1315285711

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"The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society". -- Reference & Research Book News.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146290016X

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Chinese Ghost Stories offers a selection of entertaining Chinese tales of the fantastical and paranormal. Author Lafcadio Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention. The six ghost stories include: The Soul of the Great Bell The Story of Ming Yi The Legend of Zhi Nu The Return of Yan Zhenjing The Tradition of the Tea Plant The Tale of the Porcelain God This completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's classic work contains a new foreword by Victoria Cass, which places the stories, their author, and his love for the strange and mysterious into perspective. If you're seeking insights into the traditional Chinese world of ghosts, goblins and demons--or just want to feel a chill run down your spine on a dark and lonely night--then this book is the perfect companion.

Author : Richard Lloyd Parry
Publisher : MCD
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0374710937

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Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, and Lit Hub The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways. Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in Tokyo and spent six years reporting from the disaster zone. There he encountered stories of ghosts and hauntings, and met a priest who exorcised the spirits of the dead. And he found himself drawn back again and again to a village that had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own. What really happened to the local children as they waited in the schoolyard in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their teachers not evacuate them to safety? And why was the unbearable truth being so stubbornly covered up? Ghosts of the Tsunami is a soon-to-be classic intimate account of an epic tragedy, told through the accounts of those who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a catastrophe, and the struggle to find consolation in the ruins.