Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan

by Rui Umezawa

Book Overview

A bitterly jealous brother, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice -- the motives and pathologies underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn't the wolf kill Little Red...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554987237
• ISBN13: 9781554987238
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher