Murder in the age of enlightenment : essential stories
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Bibliographic Information
Murder in the age of enlightenment : essential stories
Pushkin Press, 2020
- Other Title
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蜘蛛の糸
藪の中
地獄変
開化の殺人
将軍
黒衣聖母
歯車
Kumo no ito
Yabu no naka
Jigoku hen
Kaika no satsujin
Shōgun
Kokui seibo
Haguruma
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Contents of Works
- The spider's thread
- In a grove
- Hell screen
- Murder in the age of enlightenment
- The general
- Madonna in black
- Cogwheels
Description and Table of Contents
Description
'One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer' Haruki Murakami
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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