Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination

My granddaughter was happy with it

Llegó en el tiempo esperado, la forma de empaquetarlo fue detallada y ayudó a que llegara en perfectas condiciones. El contenido es excelente, verdaderas historias de misterio que te atrapan desde el inicio.

Took a little longer to arrive at my place but I can turn a blind eye to that. I am super relieved that the wait is over now.Thank you!

Es un libro de relatos cortos muy entretenido y fácil de leer para aquellos a los que les guste leer y la cultura japonesa.

I am a huge Japanophile and a lover of dark tales of mystery and I found that this book is the best of both worlds. After reading these stories, I pulled out my dusty old collection of Poe stories and started reading them all over. The translations are excellent (despite a few questionable spellings) and the overall feel of the novel is very Poe-esque (undoubtedly because Edogawa Ranpo, himself, assisted the translator in the creation of this collection).While a few reviewers have criticized Edogawa Ranpo for his stories lacking Poe's feel for the dark horror novel, one must know that Edogawa Ranpo is regarded as the father of the Japanese MYSTERY novel, not horror. So, for anyone hoping to get a good scare from this book, you will be let down.But, with that said, the stories are wonderful and I, quite honestly, would have forgotten that the stories were set in Japan if not for character names. A beautiful collection of dark mysteries that would please fans of Poe's "The Purloined Letter" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," but not necessarily fans of "The Pit and the Pendulum."I highly recommend this book to fans of Japanese literature, those who like the "Kindaichi Case Files" (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo) and fans of a good mystery.