{"product_id":"rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories","title":"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eRyünosuke 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. �Rashömon� 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, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as �Death Register�, �The Life of a Stupid Man� and �Spinning Gears�, Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52225388806426,"sku":"N9780140449709","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/9462\/2234\/files\/9780140449709.jpg?v=1778890995","url":"https:\/\/honnomoribooks.com\/products\/rashomon-and-seventeen-other-stories","provider":"Honnomori Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}