Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas
and essays from the world's greatest writers designed by the award-winning Coralie
Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics they take us from
snowy Japan to springtime Vienna from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean
island and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed
and printed these collectible editions are bound in colourful tactile cloth and stamped with
foil. In this haunting collection the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore stalk the page.
Lafcadio Hearn a master storyteller drew on traditional Japanese folklore infused with
memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland to create these chilling tales. They are
today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. 'The stories occupy the reverie world
our mind projects onto the backs of our eyelids where the ordinary mingles with the
supernatural' - Wall Street Journal
