Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

CreditGosotei Hirosada, Haruki Murakami
Introduction byHaruki Murakami
PublisherPenguin Group
Typeset byRowland Phototypesetting Ltd
Translated byJay Rubin
Notes byJay Rubin
Printed byClays Ltd, St Ives plc
ImprintPenguin Classics
AuthorRyūnosuke Akutagawa
SeriesJapanese Literature Publishing Project
Selected byJay Rubin
Copyright HolderJay Rubin
FormatTrade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
Copyright2006
Pages / Font268 pages
ISBN 139780140449709
Chaptersvii • Note on Japanese Name Order and Pronunciation ix • Acknowledgments xi • Chronology xix • Introduction: Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: Downfall of the Chosen, by Murakami Haruki xxxviii • Further Reading xli • Translator's Note A WORLD IN DECAY 3 • Rashōmon 10 • In a Bamboo Grove 20 • The Nose 28 • Dragon: The Old Potter's Tale 38 • The Spider Thread 42 • Hell Screen UNDER THE SWORD 77 • Dr. Ogata Ryōsai: Memorandum 83 • O-Gin 90 • Loyalty MODERN TRAGICOMEDY 111 • The Story of a Head That Fell Off 120 • Green Onions 130 • Horse Legs AKUTAGAWA'S OWN STORY 147 • Daidōji Shinsuki: The Early Years 163 • The Writer's Craft 172 • The Baby's Sickness 180 • Death Register 186 • The Life of a Stupid Man 206 • Spinning gears 237 • Notes
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