Akutagawa: A Fool's Words (Thirteen Stories and Essays by Japan's Master Storyteller)
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Product Details
Author:
Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Richard Medhurst
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
224
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing (March 30, 2027)
Imprint:
Tuttle Publishing
Release Date:
March 30, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9784805320228
ISBN-10:
4805320222
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
5.12" x 8" x 0.5"
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Folder:
PGW
List Price:
$16.99
Country of Origin:
Malaysia
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
40
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$13.08
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Overview
"Akutagawa displays an insightful and keenly creative intelligence in prose so lucid its sophistication is hardly visible." —The Guardian
Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), "the Father of the Japanese short story," wrote 150 stories during his brief career and is widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest storyteller. This new anthology, published exactly a century after his death, includes fresh translations of well-known classics as well as never-before-translated works:
This is an absolute "must-have" for every serious fan of Japanese literature!
Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), "the Father of the Japanese short story," wrote 150 stories during his brief career and is widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest storyteller. This new anthology, published exactly a century after his death, includes fresh translations of well-known classics as well as never-before-translated works:
- A Fool's Words: Aphorisms and reflections on life and literature, full of imagination and insight; this is Akutagawa at his most quotable, and the first complete English translation of this essay
- The Mandarins: Irritation turns to epiphany in this story of an unwelcome fellow passenger on a steam train journey
- Cogwheels: An extended nightmare vision of the city of Tokyo, which Akutagawa travels through like a visitor to hell, unable to escape his demons
- The Life of an Idiot: A fragmented autobiography, depicting key moments in Akutagawa's life and artistic development from his book-loving youth until just before his suicide
- The Light of Creation: Nineteenth-century Japan comes to vivid life in this story of the novelist Kyokutei Bakin that gives indirect insight into Akutagawa's views on writing
- Ababababa: The story of a young Akutagawa and his fixation with a woman in his local store
- Plus seven other fascinating essays and tales
This is an absolute "must-have" for every serious fan of Japanese literature!
