The Life of a Stupid Man
- 'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'
Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.
They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927).
Akutagawa's Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories is also available in Penguin Classics.Brand
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9780141397726
Producer code
9780141397726
Author
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Cover
oprawa miękka
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Language
English
Pages
64
Format
172 x 115 x 6
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