Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (Penguin Vitae) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa collection NEUF

Product Name: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (Penguin Vitae) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa collection NEUF
EAN：9780143137887 UPC：9780143137887 ISBN：9780143137887 MPN：N/A Format：Hardback, 320 collection pages
A collectible hardcover edition of the best stories by the father of the Japanese short story-including the two that inspired Kurosawas classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth-featuring an introduction by Haruki Murakami

A Penguin Vitae Edition

Ryunosuke Akutagawa is one of Japans foremost stylists-a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humor. "Rashomon" and "In a Bamboo Grove" inspired Akira Kurosawas 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.

Penguin Vitae-loosely translated as "Penguin of ones life"-is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality..