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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Akutagawa, Ryunosuke is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Ryünosuke 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. 'Rashömon' 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.

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Author

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published

2006

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

4.13 / 5 (123 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14