Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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The Essential Akutagawa: Twenty-Two Short Stories by Japan’s Master Storyteller
$16.99 Add to cart“Akutagawa displays an insightful and keenly creative intelligence in prose so lucid its sophistication is hardly visible.” –Chris Power, The Guardian
Japan’s master storyteller Ryunosuke Akutagawa (- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 480531799X
- Language: English
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Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
$18.00 Add to cartA stylishly original collection of seven newly translated stories from the iconic Japanese writer
The stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of the darkne- Series: Essential Stories
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 178227555X
- Language: English
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Rashomon: And Other Stories
$13.95 Read moreWriting at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan’s cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set centuries past or close to the present,… [more below]
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 17 1999
- ISBN10: 0871401738
- Language: English
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Rashomon and Other Stories
$9.99 Add to cart“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 surf… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 480531463X
- Language: English
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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
$28.00 Read moreA collectible hardcover edition of the best stories by the father of the Japanese short story–including the two that inspired Kurosawa’s classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth–featurin… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0143137883
- Language: English
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Kappa
$13.95 Add to cartThe Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed bea… [more below]
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0811232166
- Language: English
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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
$17.00 Add to cartFor fans of Shōgun The best stories by the father of the Japanese short story–including the two that inspired Kurosawa’s classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth–featuring an introd… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0140449701
- Language: English
