Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Paperback or Softback)

Rampo, Edogawa

ISBN 10: 4805311932 / ISBN 13: 9784805311936

Edité par Tuttle Publishing 5/10/2012, 2012

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Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination 0.5.

N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9784805311936

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• Titre: Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Paperback or Softback)
• Éditeur: Tuttle Publishing 5/10/2012
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 4805311932
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9784805311936
• Reliure: Paperback or Softback
• État de l'article: New
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

These spine-tingling tales include 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 confessions 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, the stories of Edogawa Rampo have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century.

À propos de l?auteur

Edogawa rampo (Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is widely regarded as the father of Japanese mystery writing. born in Mie Prefecture, he graduated in 1916 from Waseda University and took on a series of odd jobs, working as an accountant, clerk, salesman, and peddler of noodles from a cart, before discovering his vocation as a writer. The first modern writer of mysteries in Japan, and long-time president of the Japan Mystery Writers' Club, rampo derived his pen name from the Japanese pronunciation of Edgar Allan Poe, under whose spell he fell early in his career.

Dr. Patricia Welch is an Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature at Hofstra University.