{"product_id":"9780140449709","title":"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories","description":"Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140449709\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Apr 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unique new selection, bringing together Akutagawa's undisputed masterpieces and several less well known tales, never before translated into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRy nosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rash mon' and 'In a Bamboo Grove' inspired Kurosawa's 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128426967198,"sku":"UBD-9780140449709","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780140449709.jpg?v=1786541130","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780140449709","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}