Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Danny Dorling Each job rapidly escalates into

Each job rapidly escalates into a lunatic adventure

but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down

a noted painter

an uninspired life

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Danny Dorling Each job rapidly escalates intoThese purple sparks he would trade his life for the chance to hold them in his handsAkutagawa (1892 1927) was one of Japan's foremost stylists a modernist master whose stories are marked by original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. Rashmon and In a Bamboo Grove inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is inverted, while tales such as the Nose and Loyalty paint a richly imaginative picture of medieval Japan