{"product_id":"rashomon-and-other-stories-von-ryunosuke-akutagawa-und-seiji-lippit","title":"Rashomon and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Clear-eyed glimpses of human behavior in the extremities of poverty, stupidity, greed, vanity… Story-telling of an unconventional sort, with most of the substance beneath the shining, enameled surface.\" —The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Widely acknowledged as \"the father of the Japanese short story,\" Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers of all time. Rashomon and Other Stories, a collection of his most celebrated work, resonates as strongly today as when it first published a century ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In a Grove: An iconic, contradictory tale of the murder of a samurai in a forest near Kyoto told through three varying accounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rashomon: A masterless samurai contemplates following a life of crime as he encounters an old woman at the old Rashomon gate outside Kyoto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Yam Gruel: A low-ranking court official laments his position all the while yearning for his favorite, yet humble, dish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Martyr: Set in Japan's Christian missionary era, a young boy is excommunicated for fathering an illegitimate child, but not all is as it seems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kesa and Morito: An adulterous couple plots to kill the woman's husband as the situation threatens to spin out of control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dragon: A priest concocts a prank involving a dragon, but the tall tale begins to take on a life of its own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e With a new foreward by noted Akutagawa scholar Seiji Lippit, this updated version of a classic collection is a an excellent, readable introduction to Japanese literature.\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9784805314630\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9784805314630","offer_id":58530181415237,"sku":"9784805314630","price":11.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_92507217-211c-4153-9135-b2125e618680.jpg?v=1783746276","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/rashomon-and-other-stories-von-ryunosuke-akutagawa-und-seiji-lippit","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}