The cover page is adapted from The Letter, a painting completed in 1928 by Okada Saburōsuke. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okada_Sabur%C5%8Dsukewww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Short Fiction
章节(15)
- Foreword 0:00
- Introduction 0:59
- Rashōmon 13:50
- Tobacco and the Devil 31:04
- The Nose 48:26
- The Handkerchief 1:06:11
- Lice 1:27:06
- The Wine Worm 1:39:57
- The Pipe 1:59:48
- The Badger 2:19:28
- The Spider’s Thread 2:26:58
- Story of a Fallen Head 2:34:21
- Mōri Sensei 2:57:40
- The Ball 3:32:45
- Tu Tzuchun 3:48:09
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke was a respected author in pre-WWII Japan. He was well-read, and having received a Westernized education, his work blends traditional themes of Japanese culture with Western concepts. This edition collects the handful of English translations in the U.S. public domain of his nearly 200 short stories. The stories deal with a variety of themes and concepts: “The Nose” is a tale about vanity and perception of one’s image, “Rashōmon” deals with morality in the face of necessity, and “The Story of a Fallen Head” is an anti-war story. Akutagawa often ends his stories with a reflection related to the plot, spoken either by a character or by the narrator to the reader.