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Hell Screen

The Life of A Stupid Man
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السعر الأصلي هو: EGP 499.00.السعر الحالي هو: EGP 320.00.

الكاتب

  • Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (芥川 龍之介) was one of the first prewar Japanese writers to achieve a wide foreign readership, partly because of his technical virtuosity, partly because his work seemed to represent imaginative fiction as opposed to the mundane accounts of the I-novelists of the time, partly because of his brilliant joining of traditional material to a modern sensibility, and partly because of film director Kurosawa Akira's masterful adaptation of two of his short stories for the screen. Akutagawa was born in the Kyōbashi district Tokyo as the eldest son of a dairy operator named Shinbara Toshizō and his wife Fuku. He was named "Ryūnosuke" ("Dragon Offshoot") because he was born in the Year of the Dragon, in the Month of the Dragon, on the Day of the Dragon, and at the Hour of the Dragon (8 a.m.). Seven months after Akutagawa's birth, his mother went insane and he was adopted by her older brother, taking the Akutagawa family name. Despite the shadow this experience cast over Akutagawa's life, he benefited from the traditional literary atmosphere of his uncle's home, located in what had been the "downtown" section of Edo. ريونوسكي أكوتاغاوا كاتب ياباني من فترة تايشو في عصر ميجي، أيْ بعد ربع قرن من بداية حركة التحديث والتنوير اليابانية التي بدأتْ بإعادة الساموراي مقاليدَ السلطة والحكم إلى الإمبراطور. درس أكوتاغاوا الأدب الإنجليزيّ في جامعة طوكيو الإمبراطورية، وبدأ في الكتابة والنشر وهو ما يزال طالبًا في الجامعة.

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“Hell Screen” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa is a dark, psychological short story about an obsessive artist named Yoshihide. Commissioned by a powerful lord to paint a folding screen depicting scenes of hell, Yoshihide demands to witness horrifying events firsthand to capture their essence accurately.

The story escalates when the lord, aware of Yoshihide’s obsession, stages the burning of a carriage with the artist’s beloved daughter inside. Instead of stopping it, Yoshihide watches in awe, using the scene to complete his masterpiece.

The tale explores themes of artistic obsession, cruelty, and moral corruption, highlighting the conflict between creative genius and human compassion. It reflects Akutagawa’s interest in the darker aspects of human nature and the price of artistic perfection.

“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa is a groundbreaking short story that presents a mystery through conflicting testimonies. It revolves around the investigation of the murder of a samurai and the rape of his wife, but each witness—including the wife, a bandit, and even the ghost of the samurai—provides a contradictory version of what happened.

The story explores themes of subjective truth, deception, and the elusive nature of reality. Each account raises doubts about human honesty, leaving the reader to question whether objective truth is ever attainable.

The story’s unresolved ending forces readers to confront the ambiguity of truth and morality. “In a Grove” inspired Akira Kurosawa’s famous film “Rashomon” and is considered a classic in modern literature for its innovative narrative structure.

الكاتب

  • Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (芥川 龍之介) was one of the first prewar Japanese writers to achieve a wide foreign readership, partly because of his technical virtuosity, partly because his work seemed to represent imaginative fiction as opposed to the mundane accounts of the I-novelists of the time, partly because of his brilliant joining of traditional material to a modern sensibility, and partly because of film director Kurosawa Akira's masterful adaptation of two of his short stories for the screen. Akutagawa was born in the Kyōbashi district Tokyo as the eldest son of a dairy operator named Shinbara Toshizō and his wife Fuku. He was named "Ryūnosuke" ("Dragon Offshoot") because he was born in the Year of the Dragon, in the Month of the Dragon, on the Day of the Dragon, and at the Hour of the Dragon (8 a.m.). Seven months after Akutagawa's birth, his mother went insane and he was adopted by her older brother, taking the Akutagawa family name. Despite the shadow this experience cast over Akutagawa's life, he benefited from the traditional literary atmosphere of his uncle's home, located in what had been the "downtown" section of Edo. ريونوسكي أكوتاغاوا كاتب ياباني من فترة تايشو في عصر ميجي، أيْ بعد ربع قرن من بداية حركة التحديث والتنوير اليابانية التي بدأتْ بإعادة الساموراي مقاليدَ السلطة والحكم إلى الإمبراطور. درس أكوتاغاوا الأدب الإنجليزيّ في جامعة طوكيو الإمبراطورية، وبدأ في الكتابة والنشر وهو ما يزال طالبًا في الجامعة.

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