One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. Akutagawa was a born short-story writer' Haruki MurakamiThe stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictio
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.Introducing Little Bl
This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories with an introduction by Haruki Murakami. Akutagawa’s disturbing tales of human passion capture the cultural upheav
From the literary giant of Japan, who is often referred to as the ?Godfather of the Japanese short story,” and after whom the most coveted literary prize of Japan is named, the Akutagawa Prize, comes
Ryunosuke Akutagawa blends a sense of sad inevitability with subtle irony. Reflective and often humorous, these tales reveal an enormous amount about Japanese culture, while the inner struggles of the
Discover the boundless creativity of a family passionate about artwork, where animator Thomas Romain adapts the drawings of his two young sons into beautiful watercolor illustrations. Family Traits fe
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 pres
Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers in history. Rashomon and Other Stories, a collection of his mo