Three Japanese Short Stories

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvRyunosuke Akutagawa,Kafu Nagai,Chiyo Uno

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'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!'Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-02-22
Mått112 x 162 x 6 mm
Vikt50 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePenguin Modern
Antal sidor64
FörlagPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN9780241339749

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Ryunosuke Akutagawa was a short-story writer, poet and essayist, and one of the first Japanese modernists translated into English. He was born in Tokyo in 1892, and began writing for student publications at the age of ten. He graduated from Tokyo University with an English Literature degree and worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1919. His mother had suffered a mental breakdown shortly after his birth and he was plagued by fear of inherited insanity all his life. He killed himself in 1927. Chiyo Uno (1897-1996) was a literary icon and celebrated kimono designer, known for her significant contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. She was the winner of the 1957 Noma Literary Prize and was recognised by the Empoeror of Japan for her contributions to literature.