CAMELLIAS, SKULL, & SWORD: Grotesque and Curious Tales of Japan - Softcover

Thornton, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490910816 ISBN 13: 9781490910819

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

CAMELLIAS, SKULL, & SWORD: Grotesque and Curious Tales of Japan

The story of a home built for love, becoming a house of tragedy. The history of an artist’s struggles with his ghosts as he creates his masterpiece. A long-lost treasure found, nobility revealed, both doomed. Three novellas — contemporary takes on the ancient tradition of the grotesque in Japanese tales.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Thornton lived in Japan for twenty-three years. He is the author of a film script, "The Fable of the Wen: A Japanese Folktale," and of a book for children, "The Animal Garden." The stories collected in this present volume, stories of sorrow and longing occasioned by the loss of his Japanese life, were written upon return to America.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1490910816
• ISBN 13: 9781490910819
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 186