Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Contributor(s): Akutagawa, Ryunosuke (Author), Murakami, Haruki (Introduction by), Rubin, Jay (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140449701 ISBN-13: 9780140449709 Publisher: Penguin Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2009 Annotation: This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the source for the movie "Rashomon" to his later, more autobiographical writings. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.12" W x 7.76" L (0.53 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: One of Penguin Classics' most popular translations--now also in our elegant black spine dress Ry nosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists--a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. Rash monand 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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