{"product_id":"rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories","title":"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRyünosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rashömon' and 'In a Bamboo Grove' inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as 'The Nose', 'O-Gin' and 'Loyalty' paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as 'Death Register', 'The Life of a Stupid Man' and 'Spinning Gears', Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished:  2006, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN:9780140449709\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ryunosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57089774879051,"sku":null,"price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9780140449709.jpg?v=1776849166","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}