The essential Akutagawa : Rashomon, Hell screen, Cogwheels, A fool's life and other short fiction /

The essential Akutagawa : Rashomon, Hell screen, Cogwheels, A fool's life and other short fiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
Uniform title:	Selections. English. 1999
Imprint:	New York : Marsilio, c1999.
Description:	xxviii, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Japanese fiction. Short stories, Japanese. Translations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6611502

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Other authors / contributors:	Lippit, Seiji M.
ISBN:	1568860617 (pbk.) : 9781568860619 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	Akutagawa's voice is one of the most remarkable in modern Japanese fiction: an acutely intelligent mind, a humiliated soul, engaging as readily with Baudelaire as with Confucius. These narratives and vignettes -- some having received little attention until now -- delicately dovetail ancient myth with modern reflection. Akutagawa combines Eastern sentiment with Western thought to astonishing effect, offering a uniquely moving insight into mental and social fragmentation.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	1568860617 9781568860619