The Beautiful and the Grotesque
Ever since his death in 1927, Ryunosuke Akutagawa has been hailed as one of the greatest short story writers in world literature. Most famous for his story Rashomon and the Kurosawa movie it inspired, Akutagawa's wide range of fiction is beautifully displayed in this newly reissued collection of his stories. With characteristic lyricism and great style, the stories here capture the strange world of Akutagawa, from the slow, gentle death of a haiku master (Withered Fields) to a vicious, marauding gang and their bloody fight with samurai (The Robbers), and the sly tale told from a dog's perspective of his escape from home (The Dog, Shiro). Thro…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87140-192-2
- EAN: 9780871401922
- Produktnummer: 19441594
- Verlag: Liveright Pub Corp
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 440 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.5 cm 346 g
- Gewicht: 346
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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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