Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ryonosuke Akutagawa, Bryan Karetnyk (Translator)Series:Pushkin Press ClassicsPublish date:2024-07-02Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin Press ClassicsISBN-13:9781805330295ISBN-10:1805330292UPC:9781805330295Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), World Literature, LiteraryBook Topic:JapanSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCTQ5W9QBD
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
Madness, murder and obsession: a stylishly original and fantastical collection of stories from an iconic Japanese writer A collection of the 7 essential Akutagawa short stories, in a vivid and elegant translation - the perfect introduction to this master of prose "A born short-story writer. . . one never tires of reading and re-reading his best works" - Haruki Murukami From a nobleman's court, to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin Press ClassicsISBN-13:9781805330295ISBN-10:1805330292UPC:9781805330295Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), World Literature, LiteraryBook Topic:JapanSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCTQ5W9QBD
RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA was one of Japan's leading literary figures in the Taisho period. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime. Haunted by the fear that he would inherit his mother's madness, Akutagawa suffered from worsening mental health problems towards the end of his life and committed suicide aged 35 by taking an overdose of barbiturates....
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