Fiction, Historical

Rashomon and Other Stories

Name: Rashomon and Other Stories
Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
ISBN: 9780871401731

by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, M. Kuwata (Illustrator), Takashi Kojima (Translator), Howard Hibbett

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Synopsis

This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives.

About the Author, Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.