Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
V roce 2006 vydalo nakladatelství Penguin Group.
Parametry
| EAN | 9780140449709 |
|---|---|
| Počet stran | 320 |
| Rozměr | 130 x 195 mm |
| Rok vydání | 2006 |
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Vazba | brožovaná |
A unique new selection, bringing together Akutagawa's undisputed masterpieces and several less well known tales, never before translated into English. 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.
