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Three Japanese Short Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.28/5 (2341 ratings)
'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.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
50 pages
Publication:
2018
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
024133974X
ISBN13:
9780241339749
kindle Asin:
B07B689LZL

Three Japanese Short Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.28/5 (2341 ratings)
'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.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
50 pages
Publication:
2018
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
024133974X
ISBN13:
9780241339749
kindle Asin:
B07B689LZL