⚫︎ Rashomon, The Nose, The Potato Gruel, The Thief A gruesome human drama unfolds in the decaying capital at the end of the Heian period, "Rashomon"; "The Nose," which Soseki Natsume also praised, depicts the inner conflict of Zenchi Naigu, who has a long nose; "Potato Gruel," about a man with an unusual obsession with potato gruel; and "The Thief," about the conflict between brothers who are thieves over a woman. All of these works are based on materials from "Konjaku Monogatari" and "Uji Shui Monogatari," and are compiled as the first volume of Akutagawa's Heian period works. (Commentary by Shinichiro Nakamura) ⚫︎ The Spider's Thread, Dushun Akutagawa Ryunosuke A man who fell into hell, finally grasping a single thread of salvation. However, due to his egoism of wanting to be saved alone, he falls back into hell in "The Spider's Thread." "Dushun" gets tired of becoming rich and finds happiness living in nature as an ordinary person. "The God of Agni," a mysterious story where a magician is judged by God. A collection of healthy, cheerful, and humanistic works written for boys and girls. [Ryunosuke Akutagawa] Graduated from the Department of English Literature at Tokyo Imperial University. He began writing during his time at university, and his short story "The Nose" was highly praised by Natsume Soseki. Afterwards, he successively published Heian period works such as "Rashomon," "Potato Gruel," and "In a Grove," which were based on stories from Konjaku Monogatari, and fairy tales such as "Dushun," which were based on Chinese tales, becoming a darling of the Taisho literary world. He fully mastered the techniques and styles of Western short stories, and while drawing on Eastern and Western literature, he published many masterpieces that brilliantly adapted his own themes into novels. #ShinchoshaBunkoSale #IwanamiBunkoSale #ShinchoshaBunkoSet #IwanamiBunkoSet #ShinchoshaBunko #IwanamiBunko #Books #BOOK #RyunosukeAkutagawa #AkutagawaRyunosuke #TheSpidersThread #Dushun #Rashomon #TheNose #PotatoGruel #TheThief #TokyoUniversityFacultyOfLetters #TokyoUniversity #TokyoUniversityLiteratureGraduate #BooksForSale #BookSet #NovelsForSale #NovelSet #YearEndReading #WinterBreakReading #Reading