MURDER IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

A collection of the 7 essential Akutagawa short stories, in a vivid and elegant translation – the perfect introduction to this master of prose

A talented and spiteful painter is givenover to depravity in pursuit of artistic brilliance.

In the depths of hell, arobber spies a single spider’s threadbeing lowered towards him.

When abody is found in an isolated bamboogrove, a kaleidoscopic account ofviolence and desire begins to unfold.

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`A born short-story writer. . . one never tires of reading and re-reading his best works` –Haruki Murukami