{"product_id":"rashomon-and-other-stories-ryunosuke-akutagawa-9781774641866","title":"Rashomon and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWriting at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounts the same incident from shockingly different perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRashomon tells the chilling story of the killing of a samurai through the testimony of witnesses, including the spirit of the murdered man. The fable-like Yam Gruel is an account of desire and humiliation, but one in which the reader's sympathy is thoroughly unsettled. And in The Martyr, a beloved orphan raised by Jesuit priests is exiled when he refuses to admit that he made a local girl pregnant. He regains their love and respect only at the price of his life. All six tales in the collection show Akutagawa as a master storyteller and an exciting voice of modern Japanese literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryunosuke Akutagawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774641860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774641866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Must Have Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Ryunosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048584507647,"sku":"9781774641866","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a367d15d-a045-4741-8832-901057380aa6.jpg?v=1684996625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rashomon-and-other-stories-ryunosuke-akutagawa-9781774641866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}