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(★)(´NI-195´es mismo libro.) (▼1.THE HELL SCREEN〜Titulo original : 地獄変 [Jigoku-hen], Rarely has a story comprising qualities of horror, the grotesque, and the macabre been presented with such restraint and with the unrivaled elegance of the Japanese spirit. ▼2.A CLOD OF SOIL〜一塊の土 [Ikkai no Tsuchi], A provocative tale of the relationship of an old woman and her ambitious daughter-in-law, and the intangible quality of Japanese life. ▼3.NEZUMI-KOZO (The Japanese Robin Hood)〜鼠小僧次郎吉 [Nezumi Kozoo, Jirokichi], A humorous and delightfully sardonic account of an experience on Kyoto Road one stormy night, with a truly surprising ending. ▼4.HEICHU, THE AMOROUS GENIUS〜好色 [Kooshoku], A celebrated lover finds his numerous conquests completely meaningless in the face of the rejection of his one heart´s desire --highly amusing, brilliantly suspenseful. ▼5.GENKAKU-SANBO〜玄鶴山房 [Genkaku Samboo], A psychological study of an old man´s acceptance of the inevitability of death and his striving to speed it along. His mistress and their child attempt to aid him and his sick wife. ▼6.OTOMI´S VIRGINITY〜お富の貞操 [Otomi no Teisoo], Pride in chivalry and the personal preservation of dignity and honor --a masterpiece in the study of individualism, yet epitomizing Oriental evanescence. ▼7.THE SPIDER´S THREAD〜蜘蛛の糸 [Kumo no Ito], A delicately written fable illustrating the Buddhist concept of the state of harmony which exists between Nature and Gautama Buddha in Paradise. ▼8.THE NOSE〜鼻 [Hana], What happens when a man whose tremendous nose is a national monument suddenly becomes normal in appearance? ▼9.THE TANGERINES〜蜜柑 [Mikan], A chance meeting with an uncouth country girl, whose actions were a symbol of ´vulgar realities in human shape,´ proves to be a catalyst in awakening the will to live a more purposeful life in a bored and disillusioned sophisticate. ▼10.THE STORY OF YONOSUKE〜世之介の話 [Yonosuke no Hanashi], Akutagawa projects the intricacies of human aspirations through his theme : ´The ecstasy is in the expectation, not in the fulfillment.´) |
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