"What is a man's life - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? It's so sad, so sad." Autobiographical stories from one of the masters of modern Japanese literature.
The Little Black Classics series includes 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. The Little Black Classics celebrate the great variety and diversity of Penguin Classics, with works from all over the world and through many centuries. They take us from a hot air balloon flight over Victorian London to a garden of blossoming trees in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppes. Here are stories lyrical and wild, poems epic and intimate, essays satirical and inspirational, and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is known for his work "Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories", which is also available in Penguin Classics.
Pages: 64, Dimensions: 11x11 cm.
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Specifications
- Author
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Language
- English
- Type
- Classical Literature, Prose
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 64
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Dimensions
- 11x16 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780141397726
Additional Specifications
- Books Adapted to TV Series / Movies
- No
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