Exotics and Retrospectives – Lafcadio Hearn (1907)

S$78.00

Exotics and Retrospectives – Lafcadio Hearn (1907)

S$78.00

Title: Exotics and Retrospectives

Author: Lafcadio Hearn

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1907.

Condition: Hardcover, very good. A few bumps and very slight fraying to covers. Edges evenly tanned, slight foxing to endpapers. Inscription in pencil to ffep. With 4 full-page black and white illustrations and some others in-text. 299pp. 7.5″ by 5″.

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About the book (from Goodreads):

In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn’s graceful and poetic prose enables the reader to enter a foreign world. Covering subjects from Buddhism to beauty to the color blue to being, he gently, honestly, and humorously lays bare philosophical truths (sometimes overtly, sometimes subtly) so that they may be both seen and felt, and thus better understood.