Hell of Solitude

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Selected Writings of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Av Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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An eclectic mixed-genre collection by one of the most important and beloved Japanese writers of the twentieth century. Most of the pieces are appearing in English for the first time and span a range of styles and forms, from the whimsical and the fantastical to the serious and the grave.The prose is interwoven with a gathering of Akutagawa’s poetry, a mode he was prolific in and examples of which are sparse in English. The book also includes the author’s philosophical essay in fragments, ‘Art and Other Things’, in which he expounds his aesthetic views while drawing on examples from world literature and art.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-16
Mått112 x 178 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor164
FörlagPrototype Publishing Ltd.
MedarbetareBarton,Polly
ISBN9781913513863
ÖversättareChoi, Ryan
UtmärkelserWinner of English PEN Translates 2025

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927), born in Tokyo, Japan, was the author of more than 350 works of fiction and non- fiction, including Rashōmon, The Spider’s Thread, Hell Screen, Kappa, and In a Grove. Japan’s premier literary award for emerging writers, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him.Ryan Choi’s books include In Dreams: The Very Short Stories of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Three Demons: A Study on Sanki Saitō's Haiku. He is an editor at AGNI. His writings and translations have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Nation, The New Criterion, Raritan, Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was born and raised.