Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories...

Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Title: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories...

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 268

Release Date: 2009-03-03

Details: For fans of Shogun: The best stories by the father of the Japanese short story-including the two that inspired Kurosawa's classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth-featuringan introduction by Haruki Murakami

Ry"unosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists-a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. "Rash"omon"and "In a Bamboo Grove" inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as "The Nose," "O-Gin" and "Loyalty" paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as "Death Register," "The Life of a Stupid Man," and "Spinning Gears," Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories.

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EAN: 9780140449709

Package Dimensions: Height: 7.77 Inches, Length: 5.07 Inches, Weight: 0.52470018356 Pounds, Width: 0.72 Inches