{"product_id":"rashomon-and-other-stories-9784805314630","title":"Rashomon and Other Stories","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805314630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Ryunosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36675474620572,"sku":"9784805314630","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bc789a98-22c4-43f6-b8af-2b72cb9b841f.jpg?v=1603934289","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rashomon-and-other-stories-9784805314630","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}