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- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 361
- Publisher
- Liveright, Beck
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783406304682
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About Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · 1892–1927
Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him.[
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