Ryunosuke 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. 'Rashomon' 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...
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...
Valimik jaapani novelli isaks tituleeritud Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892-1927) tekstidest. Kogumik sisaldab juba varem ilmunud tõlkeid autori kuulsaimatest novellidest, aga ka uustõlkeid eesti lugejale seni veel tundmata, kuid maailma novelliklassikasse kuuluvatest teostest. Tõlkevalikus on esindatud kõik Akutagawa loomingu põhiteemad: kiretu vaheduse ja harvaesineva psühholoogilise tabavusega manatakse lugeja ette väikese inimese elu keskaegses ja autori kaasaegses Jaapanis, tagakiusatud jaapani...