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Bownas, Geoffrey (Translator) Kappa: A Satire
Tuttle Publishing June 1971 0-8048-0994-1 / 9780804809948 Paperback Very Good
Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is known primarily as the author whose book s formed the basis of Kurosawa's Rashomon. Originally published in 1927, Ka ppa was published just before he committed suicide, at the age of 35. Patie nt No. 23 tells his story to anyone in the asylum who will listen. On his w ay home through a valley, he falls into a deep abyss while chasing a nimble creature with a face like a tiger and a sharp beak. The creature was a Kap pa, and when he awoke he was in Kappaland. One man's initiation into the ri tes of this parallel world becomes the vehicle for a savage and funny criti que of contemporary Japanese life and customs.
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400.00 JPY
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