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Murder in the Age of Enlightenment
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Pushkin (Faber)
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Publisher | Pushkin (Faber) |
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ISBN | 9781805330295 |
Publication date | September 2023 |
Edition | Paperback (B format) |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Pages | 208 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
These are short stories from an unparalleled icon of modern Japanese literature. Sublimely crafted and shot through with a fantastical sensibility, they offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder and obsession.
A talented and 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.
Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, this mesmerising collection brings together a series of essential works from the master of the Japanese short story.