Cover of Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

Ryunosuke Akutagawa Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

Essential Stories

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English

Expected delivery time 14-30 days

Book information

Pushkin Press

UK

2020

Paperback

208

Standard

302857

978-1-78227-555-8

1-78227-555-X

Short stories

Annotation

The stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of the darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, to the Emperor's court, they offer glimpses into moments of madness, murder, and obsession. Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, they unfold in elegant, sometimes laconic, always gripping prose. Akutagawa's stories are characterised by their stylish originality; they are stories to be read again and again.

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