{"product_id":"kwaidan-collection","title":"Kwaidan Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpirits surround us in the latest Illuminated Edition: a tome of all the Japanese ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by author Lafcadio Hearn and depicted by the majestic brushwork of artist Kent Williams. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with over sixty illustrations, and featuring essays from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, scholar Kyoko Yoshida and Hearn''s great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum Bon Koizumi, this oversized slipcase volume enraptures the imagination as it chills the blood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Hearn''s two most celebrated books, \u003ci\u003eKwaidan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadowings\u003c\/i\u003e, this new title constitutes a complete compendium of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn collected and translated during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKent Williams is an accomplished and multiple award-wining painter, comics artist, and draftsman, known for his richly textured and expressionist paintings. His illustrations sweep worlds of spirits across the page in an unsettling vibrant tumble. Corpse brides; flesh-eating jikininki goblins; the faceless mujina who haunt forgotten places; the rokuro-kubi, who remove their heads at night: all brought to life as never before under Williams'' visionary brush. A stunning and startling new entry in Beehive Books celebrated, award-winning Illuminated Editions series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe edition is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9x12\" trim format.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306144309630,"sku":"NW9781948886321","price":59.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781948886321.jpg?v=1778550729","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/kwaidan-collection","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}