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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 depths 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 work from this iconic Japanese writer.
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Murder in the Age of Enlightenment, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2023
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- Titel
- Murder in the Age of Enlightenment
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Verlag
- Pushkin Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2023
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1805330292
- ISBN13
- 9781805330295
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historisches Thema
- Bewertung
- 3,9 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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 depths 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 work from this iconic Japanese writer.