{"product_id":"a-fools-words-9784805320228","title":"A Fool's Words","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Akutagawa displays an insightful and keenly creative intelligence in prose so lucid its sophistication is hardly visible.\"\u003c\/i\u003e —The Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), \"the Father of the Japanese short story,\" wrote 150 stories during his brief career and is widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest storyteller. This new anthology, published exactly a century after his death, includes fresh translations of well-known classics as well as never-before-translated works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Fool's Words:\u003c\/b\u003e Aphorisms and reflections on life and literature, full of imagination and insight; this is Akutagawa at his most quotable, and the first complete English translation of this essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mandarins:\u003c\/b\u003e Irritation turns to epiphany in this story of an unwelcome fellow passenger on a steam train journey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCogwheels:\u003c\/b\u003e An extended nightmare vision of the city of Tokyo, which Akutagawa travels through like a visitor to hell, unable to escape his demons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Life of an Idiot:\u003c\/b\u003e A fragmented autobiography, depicting key moments in Akutagawa's life and artistic development from his book-loving youth until just before his suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Light of Creation:\u003c\/b\u003e Nineteenth-century Japan comes to vivid life in this story of the novelist Kyokutei Bakin that gives indirect insight into Akutagawa's views on writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbabababa:\u003c\/b\u003e The story of a young Akutagawa and his fixation with a woman in his local store\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlus seven other fascinating essays and tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an absolute \"must-have\" for every serious fan of Japanese literature!","brand":"Ryunosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49089986593019,"sku":"9784805320228","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-fools-words-9784805320228","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}