Murder in the age of enlightenment : essential stories

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Murder in the age of enlightenment : essential stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ; translated from the Japanese by Brian Karetnyk

Pushkin Press, 2020

Other Title

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

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'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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