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Ghostly Tales of Japan

By: Rafe Martin
Narrated by: Rafe Martin
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Full of eerie elegance and the underlying mysterious spirit of Japanese culture, these four Japanese ghost stories are performed by award-winning author and storyteller Rafe Martin in his engaging and inimitable style. The collection begins with "The Boy Who Drew Cats", a tale about the power of faith in one's own creativity, and continues with "Kogi", a dream vision in which the listener becomes a whale. The other two stories are "Urashima Taro", a story about a character we might know better as Rip Van Winkle, and "Ho-ichi the Earless", a truly classic hero's adventure story.

(P) and ©1989 Yellow Moon Press, All Rights Reserved
Anthologies & Short Stories Ghosts Horror Short Stories World Literature

Critic Reviews

  • Winner of 1990 Parents' Choice Gold Award.

"Rafe Martin's convincing delivery and excellent timing cast listeners under the spell of Japan in these four unusual tales." (Booklist)

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