Rashomon: And Other Stories
Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set centuries past or close to the present, Akutagawa was a modernist, writing in polished, superbly nuanced prose subtly exposing human needs and flaws. In a Grove, which was the basis for Kurosawa's classic film Rashomon, tells the chilling story of the killing of a samurai through the testimony of witnesses, including the spirit of the murdered man. The fable-like Yam Gruel is an account of desire and humiliation, but one in which the reader's sympathy is thoroughly unsettled. And in T…
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Weitere Autoren: Kuwata, M. (Illustr.) / Kojima, Takashi (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-87140-173-1
- EAN: 9780871401731
- Produktnummer: 8372263
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 110 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.0 cm 104 g
- Gewicht: 104
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.
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