Ryuosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan's great writers. He lived through Japan's turbulent Taisho period, including the devastating 1923 earthquake, only to take his own life at the age of just thirty-five in 1927.Inpsired by Akutagawa's stories, essays and letters, David Peace has fashioned an extraordinary novel of tales. An intense, passionate, haunting paean to one writer, it also thrillingly explores the act of writing itself, and the role of the artist, both in public and private life, in times which darkly mirror our own.
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Ryuosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan's great writers. He lived through Japan's turbulent Taisho period, including the devastating 1923 earthquake, only to take his own life at the age of just thirty-five in 1927.Inpsired by Akutagawa's stories, essays and letters, David Peace has fashioned an extraordinary novel of tales.
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David Peace writes the boldest and most original British fiction of his generation.
Extraordinary, standalone novel from the legendary David Peace, about one of Japan's greatest ever writers.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780571333646
Publisert
2019-02-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
268 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
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