Books by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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review 1: A collection of six short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Translated by Takashi Kojama. These six stories may all be read as enjoyable tales: a murder mystery, a comedy, a tragic love story, and so on. Should the reader wish, they can be taken as having deeper meaning. The more o...
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review 1: I'm easing my way into Japanese fiction and this was a wonderful start! This little book consists of two short stories: "hell screen" and "the spider's thread". Hell Screen is set in Feudal Japan and gives a wonderful picture of its setting, as well as the gripping and horrific t...
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review 1: One event. Six different versions of what happened. A unique story about humanity, the lies we tell and how we tell them. I like the unique and creative premise of the story. The story is of a murder of a samurai and the violation of his wife. The police commissioner listens ...
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review 1: رائعة للغاية.. استمتعت بكل حرف فيها. لم أشاهد فيلم كيراساوا لكن الآن في خطتي ان أشاهده.. ماذا عن الكتاب؟ لدينا جريمتين.. اغتصاب لزوجة و قتل لزوجها من قبل قاطع طريق .. و في محاكمة قاطع الطريق نجد كل شخص شاهد الحادثة يحكيها بطريقة مختلفة.. لا نعلم من الصادق و من الكاذب طوال الأحداث...
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review 1: Ini mungkin kali pertama saya membaca karya Sastera Jepun, kalau ada pun sebelum ini saya pernah terbaca, ia tidak meninggalkan kesan psikologi sedalam Tulisan Ryunosuke Akutagawa.Kalau ada sesuatu yang gelap. Akutagawa telah menulis kegelapan bahkan lebih malap daripada itu dala...
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review 1: It ended as briefly as it started.But gosh, how much did it contain in that brief space!I think that Kurosawa's movie, "Rashomon", is an excellent completion.The young priest doubting humanity's good nature makes it more significant. It also makes the fact that the last testimony...