Jun’ichirō Tanizaki: The Key
The unnamed husband in Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s The Key (1956, tr. Howard Hibbett, 1960) has long maintained a diary, though as he opens his first entry for the new year, he sets out…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
I bought the new Penguin Classic, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Japanese author, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), with the intention of furthering my knowledge of Japanese fiction and its writers…