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Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment

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

 

The stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of the darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, to the Emperor’s court, they offer glimpses into moments of madness, murder, and obsession. Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, they unfold in elegant, sometimes laconic, always gripping prose.

 

Akutagawa’s stories are characterised by their stylish originality; they are stories to be read again and again.

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

 

The stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of the darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a lantern festival in Tokyo, to the Emperor’s court, they offer glimpses into moments of madness, murder, and obsession. Vividly translated by Bryan Karetnyk, they unfold in elegant, sometimes laconic, always gripping prose.

 

Akutagawa’s stories are characterised by their stylish originality; they are stories to be read again and again.

 

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Paperback

2020

ISBN: 9781782275558

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk

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