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Tales Grotesque and Curious

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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First published
1930
Pages
110
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Read by Ben Tucker · 3 h 5 min · 12 parts

  1. Introduction

    12:03

  2. Tobacco and the Devil

    16:18

  3. The Nose

    16:25

  4. The Handkerchief

    19:07

  5. Rashomon

    15:28

  6. Lice

    11:39

  7. The Spider's Thread

    6:57

  8. The Wine Worm

    18:16

  9. The Badger

    6:45

  10. The Ball

    14:02

  11. The Pipe

    17:33

  12. Mori Sensei

    30:52

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This collection gathers the strange, elegant, and unsettling stories of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, the master of the modern Japanese short story, whose tales blend the grotesque, the psychological, and the darkly ironic. Drawing on old Japanese legends and human folly alike, his precise, jewel-like stories explore guilt, ambiguity, and the shifting nature of truth, qualities that made his tale 'In a Grove' the basis for the famous film Rashomon. Haunting and brilliantly crafted, they reveal one of the twentieth century's finest storytellers. A superb introduction to a giant of Japanese literature, Tales Grotesque and Curious showcases Akutagawa's genius for the eerie, the moral, and the unforgettable.

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) was a Japanese writer regarded as the father of the Japanese short story. Japan's premier literary award is named in his honor; his tale 'In a Grove' inspired the film Rashomon.

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Book facts

First published
1930
Reading time
About 2 hours
Pages
110
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Ben Tucker