{"product_id":"rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-1","title":"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Shōgun: The best stories by the father of the Japanese short story—including the two that inspired Kurosawa's classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth—featuringan introduction by Haruki Murakami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyünosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists—a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. \"Rashömon\"and \"In a Bamboo Grove\" inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as \"The Nose,\" \"O-Gin\" and \"Loyalty\" paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as \"Death Register,\" \"The Life of a Stupid Man,\" and \"Spinning Gears,\" Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e • Author: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Format: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45537924087852,"sku":"9780140449709","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9780140449709.jpg?v=1778617458","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-1","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}