Hell Screen (Hardcover)

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Akutagawa was one of the towering figures of modern Japanese literature, and is considered the father of the Japanese short story. This paradigmatic selection, which includes the stories that inspired Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, showcases the terrible beauty, cynicism, sublime pain and absurd humour of his writing. 'One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works. The elegantly spare style has a truly spine-tingling brilliance' - Haruki Murakami

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Little Clothbound Classics
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Translators:	Jay Rubin
Dimensions:	167 x 120 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-57369-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Japanese
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-241-57369-6
Barcode:	9780241573693

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