Chita: A Memory of Last Island
Autor Lafcadio Hearnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2007
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781406817560
ISBN-10: 1406817562
Pagini: 80
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Echo Library
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1406817562
Pagini: 80
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Echo Library
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In the United States, Hearn is also known for his writings about the city of New Orleans based on his ten-year stay in that city.
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On August 10, 1856, the Gulf of Mexico reared up and hurled itself over Last Island, near New Orleans. The storm essentially split the island in half and swept much of it away. Lafcadio Hearn used these basic historical facts to create Chita. Originally published in 1889, this novella is a minor masterpiece that is by turns mysterious, mesmerizing, and tragic.
On August 10, 1856, the Gulf of Mexico reared up and hurled itself over Last Island, near New Orleans. The storm essentially split the island in half and swept much of it away. Lafcadio Hearn used these basic historical facts to create Chita. Originally published in 1889, this novella is a minor masterpiece that is by turns mysterious, mesmerizing, and tragic.