Three Japanese Short Stories
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Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.
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What I longed for the most, was a little introduction. A heads-up about the authors as well as a short reasoning, why these three stories were chosen for this edition. Nevertheless, onto the actual content: Behind the Prison - Nagai Kafū / 4 stars, extremely relatable musings in letter form of a depressed, upper-class man who returned to Japan after having fled any and all perceived expectations. Closet L L B - Uno Kōji / 3 stars, feels like the unfolding of an early midlife-crisis, as reality seems to catch up with the protagonist towards the end there. General Kim - Akutagawa Ryūnosuke / 2 stars, something like a folklore tail. Maybe I got it wrong, but the morale did not sit right with me. The narration was witty and to the point though.
Description
Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.
Book Information
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What I longed for the most, was a little introduction. A heads-up about the authors as well as a short reasoning, why these three stories were chosen for this edition. Nevertheless, onto the actual content: Behind the Prison - Nagai Kafū / 4 stars, extremely relatable musings in letter form of a depressed, upper-class man who returned to Japan after having fled any and all perceived expectations. Closet L L B - Uno Kōji / 3 stars, feels like the unfolding of an early midlife-crisis, as reality seems to catch up with the protagonist towards the end there. General Kim - Akutagawa Ryūnosuke / 2 stars, something like a folklore tail. Maybe I got it wrong, but the morale did not sit right with me. The narration was witty and to the point though.