Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [2006] paperback Condition:New Georgia Fellowes never wanted to

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The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples

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Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [2006] paperback Condition:New Georgia Fellowes never wanted toRyunosuke Akutagawa (1892 1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rashoemon' and 'In a Bamboo Grove' inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as 'The Nose', 'O Gin' and 'Loyalty' paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests,