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Rashomon And Seventeen Other Stories

Paperback • 2006 • English

Rashomon And Seventeen Other Stories

By Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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About the book

Ryunosuke 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. 'Rashomon' 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 su...Show more

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ISBN

9780140449709

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Rashomon And Seventeen Other Stories

Format

Paperback

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