num_pages: 240
description: Akutagawa's voice is one of the most remarkable in modern Japanese fiction: an acutely intelligent mind, a humiliated soul, engaging as readily with Baudelaire as with Confucius. These narratives and vignettes -- some having received little attention until now -- delicately dovetail ancient myth with modern reflection. Akutagawa combines Eastern sentiment with Western thought to astonishing effect, offering a uniquely moving insight into mental and social fragmentation.This edition contains the following short stories:RashomonThe NoseKesa and MoritoThe Spider's ThreadHell ScreenThe BallTu Tze-chunAutumn MountainIn a GroveThe Faint Smiles of the GodsSan SebastianCogwheelsA Fool's LifeA Note to a Certain Old Friend
language: English
title: Essential Akutagawa: Rashomon, Hell Screen, Cogwheels, a Fool's Life and Other Short Fiction
titlecomplete: Essential Akutagawa: Rashomon, Hell Screen, Cogwheels, a Fool's Life and Other Short Fiction
genres: Short Stories, Japanese Literature, Literary Fiction, Asian Literature, Literature, Japan, Classics, Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 193
publisher: Marsilio Pub