In a Grove

by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Overview

"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis for Kurosawa's "Rashoumon."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544623047
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/13/2017
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	334,339
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.06(d)