A Treasury of Japanese Folktales by Yuri. Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Ranpo 4. Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzabur e 3. Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. Here are 17 well-known Japanese short stories (and short story collections) to add some fun to your bookshelf Contents. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. Unlike sacrifice, it gives back to the one who practices it. 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. It allows those who have been wronged to take back some of what was lost to them. 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. Description This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe.
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