In the pages of this book are the customs, the superstitions, the charming scenery, the revelations of Japanese character, and all the other elements that Lafcadio Hearn found so bewitching.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan combines two volumes of a work that first appeared in 1894. The modern reader can still, through these pages, experience that "first charm of Japan, intangible and volatile as a perfume." Among the reasons is that here, more than anywhere else, the author most vividly captured a place that so affected him that he stayed for the rest of his life. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most popular. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a complete, two-volume set of one of the most outstanding books on 19th century Japanese history and culture.
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