ماندارین‌ها: داستان‌هایی از ریونوسوکه آکوتاگاوا

CONTENTSMandarinsAt the SeashoreAn Evening ConversationThe HandkerchiefAn Enlightened HusbandAutumnWinterFortuneKesa and MoritōThe Death of a DiscipleO’er a Withered MoorThe GardenThe Life of a FoolThe Villa of the Black CraneCogwheels Prefiguring the vital modernist voices of the Western literary canon, Akutagawa writes with a trenchant psychological precision that exposes the shifting traditions and ironies of early twentieth-century Japan and reveals his own strained connection to it. These stories are moving glimpses into a cast of characters at odds with the society around them, singular portraits that soar effortlessly toward the universal.'What good is intelligence if you cannot discover a useful melancholy?'Akutagawa once mused. Both piercing intelligence and'useful melancholy'buoy this remarkable collection. Mandarins contains three stories published in English for the first time:'An Evening Conversation,''An Enlightened Husband,'and'Winter.' Ryunosuke Akutagawa blends a sense of sad inevitability with subtle irony. Reflective and often humorous, these tales reveal an enormous amount about Japanese culture, while the inner struggles of the characters always strike the universal. Mandarins At the seaside An evening conversation The handkerchief An enlightened husband Autumn Winter Fortune Kesa and Morito O'er the whithered moor The garden The life of a fool The villa of the black crane Cogwheels. Stunning tales from master storyteller: superbly nuanced prose, subtly exposing the human psyche. Borges loved him.