Name: Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
Brand: Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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9781805330295

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Limited edition

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2023-10-26

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Faber

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 Ryunosuke Akutagawa 

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Writing

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Madness, murder and obsession: a stylishly original and fantastical collection of stories from an iconic Japanese writer From a nobleman's court, to the garden of paradise, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, these stories offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder and obsession. A talented yet spiteful painter is given over to depravity in pursuit of artistic brilliance. In the depth of hell, a robber spies a single spider's thread being lowered towards him. When a body is found in an isolated bamboo grove, a kaleidoscopic account of violence and desire begins to unfold. These are short stories from an unparalleled master of the form. Sublimely crafted and stylishly original, Akutagawa's writing is shot through with a fantastical sensibility. This collection, in a vivid new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, brings together the most essential works from this iconic Japanese writer.

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

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