![]() ![]() It’s not giving it away to mention that Truong’s version of Hearn’s life punches some serious holes in his iconic image.īorn on the Greek Island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, Hearn was to be abandoned, successively, by both his parents. Two are collections of his Japanese ghost stories from Penguin and Princeton University Press, respectively, attesting to his crossover popular appeal, while the mesmerizing novel The Sweetest Fruits, by Monique Truong, retells his life from the perspective of women close to him. One hundred and fifteen years after his death, Hearn’s ghost looms large in the 21st century with three books out this year by and on this extraordinary author. ![]() LAFCADIO HEARN (1850–1904), the peripatetic author famous for his writings on Japan, is having a remarkable moment in 2019. ![]()
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