{"product_id":"murder-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-essential-stories-pushkin-press-classics","title":"Murder in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are short stories from an icon of modern Japanese literature. Sublimely crafted, they offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA talented and spiteful painter is given over to depravity in pursuit of artistic brilliance. In the depths of hell, a robber spies a single spider's thread being lowered towards him. When a body is found in an isolated bamboo grove, a kaleidoscopic account of violence and desire begins to unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk, this collection brings together a series of essential works from the master of the Japanese short story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan's leading literary figures in the Taisho period. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryonosuke Akutagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000240594991,"sku":"9781805330295","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781805330295.jpg?v=1772366929","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/murder-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-essential-stories-pushkin-press-classics","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}