Murder in the Age of Enlightenment by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

'One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer' Haruki Murakami

'The quintessential writer of his era' David Peace

These are short stories from an unparalleled icon of modern Japanese literature. Sublimely crafted and shotthrough with a fantastical sensibility, they offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder and obsession.

A talented and spiteful painter is givenover to depravity in pursuit of artistic brilliance. In the depths of hell, arobber spies a single spider's threadbeing lowered towards him. When abody is found in an isolated bamboogrove, a kaleidoscopic account ofviolence and desire begins to unfold.

Vividly translated by BryanKaretnyk, this mesmerising collection brings together a seriesof essential works from themaster of the Japaneseshort story.

Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.

Translated by Bryan Karetyn

Ryunosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan's leading literary figures in the Taisho period. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime. Haunted by the fear that he would inherit his mother's madness, Akutagawa suffered from worsening mental health problems towards the end of his life and committed suicide aged 35 by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

"One never tires of reading and re-reading his workAkutagawa was a born short-story writer." - Haruki Murakami

"The quintessential writer of his era." - David Pearce

"Extravagance and horror and in his work but never in his style, which is always crystal-clear." - Jorge Luis Borges

"He was both traditional and experimental and always compelling and fearless... There is no writer quite like him." - Howard Norman

RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA was one of Japan's leading literary figures in the Taisho period. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime. Haunted by the fear that he would inherit his mother's madness, Akutagawa suffered from worsening mental health problems towards the end of his life and committed suicide aged 35 by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

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ISBN 13	9781805330295
ISBN 10	1805330292
Title	Murder in the Age of Enlightenment
Author	Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Series	Pushkin Press Classics
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2023-10-26
Number of pages	208
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