Description
This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japans 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 Rampos stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century.
Mystery stories include:
The Human Chair
The Caterpillar
Two Crippled Men
The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
Author: Edogawa Rampo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 05/10/2012
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9784805311936
Language: English
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