Reviews

The Beautiful and the Grotesque by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

dantalion_xi's review

5.0

Some of these stories are so good they're gonna blow you away. They are tense, dramatic, and unbelievably cinematographic. I can only try to imagine what they read like in the original language.

terry_v's review

slow-paced

3.25

smokingchagga's review

4.5

Again, Akutagawa seems to be unable to disappoint me.

3kojou's review

4.25

all very interesting stories. i did not enjoy this one as much as jay rubin's translation collection and also found the wording of some sentences odd at times but regardless i enjoyed it

spacestationtrustfund's review

3.0

"The Robbers (偸盗)"; "The Dog, Shiro (白)"; "The Handkerchief (手巾)"; "The Dolls (雛)"; "Gratitude (報恩記)"; "The Faith of Wei Sheng (尾生の信)"; "The Lady, Roku-no-miya (六の宮の姫君)"; "The Kappa (河童)"; "Saigou Takamori (西郷隆盛)"; "The Greeting (お辞儀)"; "Withered Fields (枯野抄)"; "Absorbed in Letters (戯作三昧)"; "The Garden (庭)"; "The Badger (貉)"; "Heresy (邪宗門)"; "A Woman's Body (女体)."