{"product_id":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e This volume includes:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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.","brand":"Ryunosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Tuttle Publishing |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2018-08-21","offer_id":47933554295039,"sku":"9784805314630","price":13.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_06a4cb74-86e5-4802-826e-100618113c78.jpg?v=1766425245","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9784805314630","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}