Strange Tale of Panorama Island

by Edogawa Rampo

Book Overview

Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe and like Poe drew on his penchant for the grotesque and the bizarre to explore the boundaries of conventional thought. Best known as the founder of the modern Japanese detective novel, Ranpo wrote for a youthful audience, and a taste for playacting and theatre animates his stories. His writing is often associated with the era of ero guro nansense (erotic grotesque nonsense), which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824836332
• ISBN13: 9780824836337
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"