Rashomon And Seventeen Other Stories
€14.74
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780140449709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.236 |
| Publishing Date | 30/03/2006 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.91 |
| Tax | €0.83 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.74 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Ryünosuke 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 humour. ''Rashömon'' 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. 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.