{"product_id":"9780140449709","title":"Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa","description":"Ryunosuke 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, 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.;  320 pages; Published: 30\/03\/2006\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780140449709\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56457000419710,"sku":"9780140449709","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9780140449709.jpg?v=1761330404","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9780140449709","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}