This practice of arranging the marriage of a dead person was uncommon, usually held in order to placate a spirit. A deceased concubine who had produced a son might be officially married to elevate her status to a wife. Or two lovers who died tragically might be united after death. That much I knew. But to marry the living to the dead was a rare and, indeed, dreadful occurrence.
I first heard this through movies from that came from China (and tales too). So this is the first book about Ghost Bride. The topic always has a Gothic tone to it, well at least to me.
