{"product_id":"the-kwaidan-collection-by-lafcadio-hearn-9781948886321","title":"THE KWAIDAN COLLECTION","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirits surround us\u003c\/em\u003e in the latest Illuminated Edition: a tome of all the Japanese ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by author Lafcadio Hearn and depicted by the majestic brushwork of artist Kent Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with over sixty illustrations, and featuring essays from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, scholar Kyoko Yoshida, and Hearn's great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum, Bon Koizumi, this oversized slipcase volume enraptures the imagination as it chills the blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Hearn's two most celebrated books, \u003cem\u003eKwaidan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShadowings\u003c\/em\u003e, this new title constitutes a complete compendium of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn collected and translated during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKent Williams is an accomplished and multiple award-winning painter, comics artist, and draftsman, known for his richly textured and expressionist paintings. His illustrations sweep worlds of spirits across the page in an unsettling vibrant tumble. Corpse brides; flesh-eating jikininki goblins; the faceless mujina who haunt forgotten places; the rokuro-kubi, who remove their heads at night: all are brought to life as never before under Williams' visionary brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning and startling new entry in Beehive Books' celebrated, award-winning Illuminated Editions series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition is housed in a shimmering die-cut, sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9x12\" trim format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487611764972,"sku":"9781948886321","price":205.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d2d86414aab5887c54f612abcbd999a6.jpg?v=1775772504","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-kwaidan-collection-by-lafcadio-hearn-9781948886321","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}