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Cogwheels and Other Storiesby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Howard NormanISBN 0889628734 (0-88962-873-4)
Hardcover, Mosaic Press/International Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cogwheels and Other Stories'Book summary:In 1914, Akutagawa published his short story [i]Rashomon[/i], which won him considerable praise and he followed that up with another highly acclaimed short story, [i]The Nose[/i]. His reputation as one of the first great Japanese modernists in literature was already established during his lifetime. In 1950, a great Japanese film director, inspired by the work of Akutagawa, released his classic film "Rashomon".Akutagawa was an avid reader of ghost stories, Chinese and Japanese classics as well as Poe, de Maupassant, Anatole France, Kipling and other masters of the short story. His works probe psychological themes such as decadence, obsession and the grotesque, all combined in a highly dramatic narrative style. This book is a collection of his work. [via]
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- Cogwheels and Other Stories: ISBN 0889621829 (0-88962-182-9)
Softcover, Mosaic Press/International Publishers, Incorporated - Cogwheels and Other Stories: ISBN 0889621837 (0-88962-183-7)
Hardcover, Mosaic Press/International Publishers, Incorporated - Cogwheels and Other Stories: ISBN 0889628734 (0-88962-873-4)
Hardcover, Mosaic Press/International Publishers, Incorporated
- Cogwheels and Other Stories: ISBN 0889621829 (0-88962-182-9)
Essential Akutagawaby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Seiji M. LippitISBN 1568860617 (1-56886-061-7)
Softcover, Marsilio Pub
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Exotic Japanese Storiesby Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 0871400693 (0-87140-069-3)
Hardcover, Liveright
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A Fool's Lifeby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Anthony Barnett, Toraiwa NaokoISBN 0907954359 (0-907954-35-9)
Softcover, Allardyce Barnett Pub
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Hell Screen, Cogwheels, a Fool's Lifeby Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 1569562547 (1-56956-254-7)
Hardcover, William a Thomas Braille
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Kappaby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Geoffrey BownasISBN 080483251X (0-8048-3251-X)
Softcover, Tuttle Publishing
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Kappa : A Satireby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Geoffrey Bownas, G. HealeyISBN 0804809941 (0-8048-0994-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Publishing
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Mandarinsby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Charles De WolfISBN 0977857603 (0-9778576-0-3)
Softcover, Archipelago Books
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Rashamon and Other Storiesby Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 0804814570 (0-8048-1457-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rashamon and Other Stories'Book summary:This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives.
Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan's cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set centuries past or close to the present, Akutagawa was a modernist, writing in polished, superbly nuanced prose subtly exposing human needs and flaws. "In a Grove," which was the basis for Kurosawa's classic film Rashomon, tells the chilling story of the killing of a samurai through the testimony of witnesses, including the spirit of the murdered man. The fable-like "Yam Gruel" is an account of desire and humiliation, but one in which the reader's sympathy is thoroughly unsettled. And in "The Martyr," a beloved orphan raised by Jesuit priests is exiled when he refuses to admit that he made a local girl pregnant. He regains their love and respect only at the price of his life. All six tales in the collection show Akutagawa as a master storyteller and an exciting voice of modern Japanese literature. [via]More editions of Rashamon and Other Stories:
Rashomonby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , M. Kuwata, Howard Hibbett, Takashi KojimaISBN 0871401738 (0-87140-173-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Rashomonby Donald Richie, Akira Kurosawa, Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Shinobu HashimotoISBN 0835704475 (0-8357-0447-5)
Hardcover, reprinted for Grove Press by University Microfilms International
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Rashomon: A Drama in Two Actsby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Fay Kanin, Michael KaninISBN 0573614652 (0-573-61465-2)
Hardcover, S. French
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Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin
Characters: 6 male, 3 female
Exterior Set
The famous stories of Akutagawa were adapted for Broadway for Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Akim Tamiroff and Oscar Homolka. The wife of a Samurai officer is assaulted and her husband killed by a roving bandit. Contradictory versions of what happened are reenacted at the trial by the bandit, the wife and the dead husband who speaks through a sorceress. Each version is true in its fashion.
"Delicate and dynamic, sensitive and savage, packed with color, suspense and seamy wit. A triumph of stagecraft." N.Y. Mirror.
"Rashomon is pure art of the theatre. Out of a legend, it conjures a mood. No one need despair of a commercial theatre that can deal in elusive materials with so much delicacy, expertness and charm." N.Y. Times.
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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Storiesby Ryunosuke Akutagawa , Haruki Murakami, Jay RubinISBN 0140449701 (0-14-044970-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories'Book summary:This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories with an introduction by Haruki Murakami. Akutagawas disturbing tales of human passion capture the cultural upheaval of early twentieth century Japan, ranging from “In the Grove, the basis of Kurosawas famous film Rashomon, to Akutagawas later, more autobiographical writings.[via]More editions of Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories:
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Dialoge in der Dunkelheit.by Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 3891298021 (3-89129-802-1)
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Rashomon. Sammlung Luchterhand: Band 2012by Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 3630620124 (3-630-62012-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rashomon. Sammlung Luchterhand: Band 2012'Book summary:Mit dem Sammelband >Rashomon<, 1917 veröffentlicht, setzte sich Akutagawa als Schriftsteller durch. Bis zu seinem Freitod 1927 verfaßte er neben Essays und Lyrik etwa 150 Kurzgeschichten, Erzählungen und Novellen, mit denen er die japanische Literatur nachhaltig beeinflußt hat; die besten sind in diesem Band versammelt. Vielfalt der Themen, Motive und Techniken, stilistische Brillanz und psychologische Vertiefung kennzeichnen die Prosa des inzwischen weltberühmten Schriftstellers. [via]
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La Vie D'un Idiot Et Autres Nouvellesby Ryunosuke AkutagawaISBN 2070710645 (2-07-071064-5)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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