edogawa ranpo japanese tales of mystery & imagination

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. Born in Mie Prefecture, he graduated in 1916 from Waseda. 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. Edogawa Rampo (Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is widely regarded as the father of Japanese mystery writing. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Tuttle Classics) Tales of the Metropolis - Kaiki. 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. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Edogawa, Rampo. This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampos best storiesbizarre and blood-curdling expeditions into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampos literary mentor. Tuttle Publishing, Literary Collections - 240 pages. Publication: Japanese Tales of Mystery & ImaginationPublication Record 409183 Author: Edogawa Rampo Date: Publisher: Charles E.

Edogawa ranpo japanese tales of mystery & imagination