{"product_id":"rashomon-and-other-stories-paperback-1","title":"Rashomon and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSeiji M. Lippit\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eHoward Hibbett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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 surface.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Widely acknowledged as \"the father of the Japanese short story,\" Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers of all time. \u003ci\u003eRashomon and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his most celebrated work, resonates as strongly today as when it first published a century ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e This volume includes: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn a Grove\u003c\/i\u003e: An iconic, contradictory tale of the murder of a samurai in a forest near Kyoto told through three varying accounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e: A masterless samurai contemplates following a life of crime as he encounters an old woman at the old Rashomon gate outside Kyoto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eYam Gruel\u003c\/i\u003e: A low-ranking court official laments his position all the while yearning for his favorite, yet humble, dish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Martyr\u003c\/i\u003e: Set in Japan's Christian missionary era, a young boy is excommunicated for fathering an illegitimate child, but not all is as it seems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eKesa and Morito: \u003c\/i\u003e An adulterous couple plots to kill the woman's husband as the situation threatens to spin out of control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e: A priest concocts a prank involving a dragon, but the tall tale begins to take on a life of its own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e With a new foreward by noted Akutagawa scholar Seiji Lippit, this updated version of a classic collection is a an excellent, readable introduction to Japanese literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of over 100 short stories. Described as one of the best-read men of his generation, he received a degree in English Literature at Tokyo Imperial University and published translations of Anatole France and W.B. Yeats. In 1927, Ryunosuke Akutagawa committed suicide at the age of thirty-five. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew Foreword by: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeiji M. Lippit\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Asian Languages \u0026amp; Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTopographies of Japanese Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Akutagawa\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written widely on 20th century Japanese literature and translated numerous works of fiction and criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Hibbett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Japanese literature at Harvard University where he was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1985 to 1988. His publications include many translations and works on Japanese language and literature.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769732268320,"sku":"9784805314630","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec42fdcb6c7b1c7e1fa049f4bc93550b.webp?v=1780354910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rashomon-and-other-stories-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}