The Life of a Stupid Man
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Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
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Lots of mention of suicide, which isn't surprising given how the author, Akutagawa, actually departed from this world.
