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Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

Essential Stories

Essential Stories

By Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Translated by Brian Karetnyk

By Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Translated by Brian Karetnyk

By Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Translated by Brian Karetnyk

By Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Translated by Brian Karetnyk

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Apr 06, 2021 | ISBN 9781782275558

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Apr 06, 2021 | ISBN 9781782275565

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    About Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

    A 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 darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, to the Emperor’s court, they offer glimpses into moments of madness, murder, and obsession. Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, they unfold in elegant, sometimes laconic, always gripping prose.

    Akutagawa’s stories are characterised by their stylish originality; they are stories to be read again and again.

    About Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

    A 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 darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, to the Emperor’s court, they offer glimpses into moments of madness, murder, and obsession. Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, they unfold in elegant, sometimes laconic, always gripping prose.

    Akutagawa’s stories are characterised by their stylish originality; they are stories to be read again and again.

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    About Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan’s leading literary figures in the Taisho period in Japan. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime and is renowned as a pre-eminent prose stylist… More about Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    About Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan’s leading literary figures in the Taisho period in Japan. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime and is renowned as a pre-eminent prose stylist… More about Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Apr 06, 2021 | 224 Pages | 4-11/16 x 6-1/2 | ISBN 9781782275558

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Apr 06, 2021 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781782275565

    Praise

    “One never tires of reading and re-reading his work. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer.” – Haruki Murakami

    “The quintessential writer of his era.” – David Pearce

    “Extravagance and horror and in his work but never in his style, which is always crystal-clear.” – Jorge Luis Borges

    “He was both traditional and experimental and always compelling and fearless… There is no writer quite like him.” – Howard Norman

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