Author: | Ryunosuke Akutagawa | ISBN: | 1230000152615 |
Publisher: | Tri Fold Media Group | Publication: | July 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
ISBN: | 1230000152615 |
Publisher: | Tri Fold Media Group |
Publication: | July 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis for Kurosawa's "Rashoumon." (from Wikipedia) --- Note: The original Japanese text version is also available on Feedbooks at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4204
"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis for Kurosawa's "Rashoumon." (from Wikipedia) --- Note: The original Japanese text version is also available on Feedbooks at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4204