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Publication
Penguin Classics (2015), Edition: 01, 64 pages
Description
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
User reviews
LibraryThing member missizicks
Three of the stories from Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories. A good cross section of Akutagawa's style, and a decent introduction to him for those who haven't read him yet.
LibraryThing member TheCrow2
Reading this book one not really surprised that Akutagawa committed suicide at the age of 35. A collection of very depressive and melancholic short stories.
LibraryThing member SashaM
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED / SUICIDAL. It is the recollections/ anecdotes of a man's descent toward suicide. Not that all the stories are downers, far from it. It is very readable but the overall tone is a downer.
I found this work both surprisingly modern (he died in 1927) and extremely
I found this work both surprisingly modern (he died in 1927) and extremely
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relatable. Highly recommend. Show Less
Physical description
64 p.; 6.3 x 4.33 inches
ISBN
0141397721 / 9780141397726
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