Rashomon and Other Stories

Rashomon and Other Stories - Paperback

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Rashomon and Other Stories - Paperback

Rashomon and Other Stories - Paperback

by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
$17.28
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by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Author), Takashi Kojima (Translator), Howard Hibbett (Introduction by)

2018 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set in centuries past or those close to the present, Akutagawa was a modernist, writing in polished, superbly nuanced prose subtly exposing human needs and flaws. These six stories represent Akutagawa's finest and most representative writings. They are: Rashomon, In A Grove, Yam Gruel, The Martyr, Kesa and Morito and The Dragon.

Number of Pages: 130
Dimensions: 0.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 20, 2018
ISBN9781684222377
Author Ryunosuke Akutagawa
PublisherMartino Fine Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages130
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927), short-story writer, poet, and essayist, one of the first Japanese modernists translated into English. He was born in Tokyo in 1892, and began writing for student publications at the age of ten. He graduated from Tokyo University in 1916 with an English Literature degree and worked as a teacher before becoming a full time writer in 1919. His mother had gone mad suddenly just months after his birth and he was plagued by fear of inherited insanity all his life. He killed himself in 1927.

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