羅生門
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927
羅生門 Rashomon - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rash%C5%8Dmon_(short_story) Release date is 1999-11-01
Produced by Rick Davis Produced by Rick Davis
"羅生門" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is a short story first published in 1915. Set in the ruins of Kyoto's southern gate, it follows a dismissed servant who must choose between starvation and thievery. When he encounters an old woman stealing hair from corpses, their exchange forces him to confront questions of survival and morality. The story explores how desperation can transform one's sense of right and wrong in a world stripped bare of certainty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Short stories Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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羅生門 Rashomon - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rash%C5%8Dmon_(short_story) Release date is 1999-11-01
Produced by Rick Davis Produced by Rick Davis
"羅生門" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is a short story first published in 1915. Set in the ruins of Kyoto's southern gate, it follows a dismissed servant who must choose between starvation and thievery. When he encounters an old woman stealing hair from corpses, their exchange forces him to confront questions of survival and morality. The story explores how desperation can transform one's sense of right and wrong in a world stripped bare of certainty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Short stories Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
PL