Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
By Lafcadio Hearn · Running time 11:38:58 · Essays & Short Works, Travel & Geography
Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.
About this book
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinating he decided to stay there for the rest of his life. In these essays and recollections he expresses his curiosity, bewilderment, and marvel at Japanese tradition, culture and lifestyle. Lafcadio Hearn is best known as the most notable person to introduce Japan to the West. He produced about thirty works, including translations, retellings of folktales, and travelogues. - Summary by mlcui
Description from the LibriVox catalogue.
Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →
You might also like
- Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner LifeLafcadio Hearn · 07:57:17
- Exotics and RetrospectivesLafcadio Hearn · 05:32:41
- ShadowingsLafcadio Hearn · 05:04:48
- Gleanings in Buddha FieldsLafcadio Hearn · 06:25:05
- Japan: An Attempt at InterpretationLafcadio Hearn · 13:58:18
- Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange ThingsLafcadio Hearn · 3:51:40
- Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebsLafcadio Hearn · 4:19:41
- Some Chinese GhostsLafcadio Hearn · 02:16:33