Mermaid Meat and Other Japanese Ghost Stories

About this Gift-Book 6 1/2 X 6 1/2 77 pages plus CD recording Mermaid Meat the Secret to Immortality features a purple embossed silk cover surrounding an inlay of an exquisite woodblock print of a geisha. Inside, the thick crème paper and vintage fonts were inspired by the storybooks of old published around the turn of the last century in the Japonais style celebrating the exotic East. The book features traditional Japanese ghost stories illustrated with full color plates by Yoshitoshi, a woodblock artist famous for his portraits of women and ghosts. San Francisco writer/recording artist Brenda Wong Aoki , is acclaimed as one of the foremost storytellers in the country. These stories have been test marketed internationally and consistently remain her audience's favorites. The market for this book women, folklorists, people interested in Japanese culture, people learning English and storytelling aficionados and theater artists. About the writing and recording The haunting eloquence of master storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki woven with the music of Asian Jazz pioneer Mark Izu . Obsessive greed, crimes of passion, abuse of power; today's headlines, are the stuff of ghost stories. Meat the secret to immortality and other Japanese Ghost Stories features four powerful tales that explore the dilemmas of life people around the world have grappled with since the beginning of time. Mermaid Meat the horrific tale of a girl who eats the flesh of a mermaid and lives forever The Bell of Dojoji a Kabuki story of a simple maiden transformed by her ungovernable lust for a pious monk Dancing in California the last dance of a ballerina inside a World War II American Japanese Prison Camp Black Hair a dead wife's incorporeal revenge Brenda Wong Aoki the foremost narrative voice working in America today. - Robert Shay, CEO New Line Cinema ...stories, ancient and new...dominated by women battling the odds with a strength bordering on obsession. - The Washington Post