{"product_id":"9781948886321","title":"THE KWAIDAN COLLECTION : An Illuminated Edition","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Hearn's two most celebrated books, Kwaidan and Shadowings, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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":"Beehive Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904879685941,"sku":"EB_LI0510_B11-02_DUBAI","price":451.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781948886321-1.jpg?v=1789409627","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9781948886321","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}