Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Paperback / softback
by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Paperback / softback
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Ryünosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rashömon' 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/2006
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- ISBN:9780140449709
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140449709