Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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Rashomon and Seventeen Other StoriesHardcover, 14 November 2023

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Part of Series
Penguin Vitae
Print Length
320 pages
Publisher
Penguin Group
Date Published
14 Nov 2023
ISBN-10
0143137883
ISBN-13
9780143137887

Description

A collectible hardcover edition of 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--featuring an introduction by Haruki Murakami

A Penguin Vitae Edition

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists--a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humor. "Rashōmon" and "In a Bamboo Grove" inspired Akira 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.

Penguin Vitae--loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"--is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 November 2023
Dimensions:
19.68 x 12.85 x 2.06 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
Genre:
Asian - Japanese
ISBN-10:
0143137883
ISBN-13:
9780143137887
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Weight:
390.09 gm

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