| Author: | Golden Deer Classics, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | ISBN: | 9782377939336 |
| Publisher: | Oregan Publishing | Publication: | November 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Golden Deer Classics, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa |
| ISBN: | 9782377939336 |
| Publisher: | Oregan Publishing |
| Publication: | November 11, 2017 |
| 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."
"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."
