Publisher |
Stellar Editions |
Publication Year |
2016 |
ISBN-13 |
9781987817652 |
ISBN-10 |
9781987817652 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
48 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
85 |
Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Rashomon tells the chilling story of the killing of a samurai through the testimony of witnesses, including the spirit of the murdered man. The fable-like Yam Gruel is an account of desire and humiliation, but one in which the reader's sympathy is thoroughly unsettled. And in The Martyr, a beloved orphan raised by Jesuit priests is exiled when he refuses to admit that he made a local girl pregnant. He regains their love and respect only at the price of his life. All six tales in the collection show Akutagawa as a master storyteller and an exciting voice of modern Japanese literature
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Stellar Editions