Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$29.62
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2007
Summary
Ryūnosuke 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 humor.
“Rashōmon” 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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143039846 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143039849 |
| Author: | Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 143mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe |
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About The Author
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Akutagawa Ryunosuke
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.
Haruki Murakami (Introducer)
Has written eleven novels, eight volumes of short stories and numerous works of non-fiction, as well as translating much American literature into Japanese. His most famous novels are Norwegian Wood, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, and Kafka on the Shore.
Jay Rubin (Translator)
Has translated several of Murakami’s works into English and is also the author of Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words. He has been professor of Japanese Literature at the Universities of Washington and Harvard.
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