Introducing Little Clothbound Classics irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna from haunted New England to a sundrenched Mediterranean island and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon Beautifully designed and printed these collectible editions are bound in colourful tactile cloth and stamped with foilIn this haunting collection the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore stalk the page Lafcadio Hearn a master storyteller drew on traditional Japanese folklore infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland to create these chilling tales They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own rightThe stories occupy the reverie world our mind projects onto the backs of our eyelids where the ordinary mingles with the supernatural Wall Street Journal
