Dahulu kala, di rumah di Egypt Street, tinggallah kelinci porselen bernama Edward Tulane. Kelinci itu sangat bangga pada dirinya sendiri, dan memang beralasan: ia dimiliki anak perempuan bernama Abilene, yang memperlakukannya dengan penuh kasih dan amat sangat menyayanginya.Lalu, suatu hari, ia hilang. Maka dimulailah perjalanan luar biasa Edward Tulane: dari dasar laut ke jala nelayan, dari pu…
The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even creaked, and for a second or two nothing happened at all. Then came the first scream. It blew out a candle, that scream ...'Shut the lid! For the love of God ...SHUT THE LID!' And so the box was slammed shut, hidden away, and forgotten about. But what lay within was only dormant …
Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention. This completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's classic work contains a new foreword by Victoria Cass, w…