Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edogawa Rampo, Patricia Welch, James B. Harris

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Tuttle
10 May 2012

Horror & ghost stories; Dark Fantasy / Grimdark; Short Stories Horror; Supernatural

This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe.

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. 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. 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.

Mystery stories include:

The Human Chair

The Caterpillar

Two Crippled Men

The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture

By: Edogawa Rampo
Foreword by: Patricia Welch
Translated by: James B. Harris
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9784805311936
ISBN 10: 4805311932
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 10 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination

-Japan's most famous mystery story writer is named Edogawa Rampo. Rampo took this name because he is a great admirer of Poe. When a visiting American asked [a noted Japanese psychologist] if the Japanese reading public didn't confuse Rampo with the real Edgar Allan Poe, he replied, 'Oh, no ... Edogawa Rampo is much more famous.'- --New York Times Book Review