An Incident in Hell
3 hrs. 47 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Author
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Narrator
Sergey Chonishvili
Narrator
Sergey Chonishvili
Description
Most of Akutagawa’s novellas take place in the distant past. In antiquity, he looks for parallels to the actions and thoughts of his contemporaries: “The soul of a person in ancient times and the soul of a modern person have a lot in common. That’s what it’s all about.”
The diversity of historical, geographical, and cultural conditions helps construct situations in which a person’s identity, its core traits and qualities, and moral choices become visible. Akutagawa wrote a lot and in many different styles; he enjoyed immense success. Collections of his stories were published one after another and sold out quickly. In April 1925, a multi-volume series “Collected Modern Works” opened with his book.
Published with the support of the “Society for Russian-Japanese Friendship.” Also don’t miss Akutagawa’s earlier audiobooks: Kikuchi Kan “Portrait of a Lady with Pearls,” “The Classics of Japanese Short Stories.”
The diversity of historical, geographical, and cultural conditions helps construct situations in which a person’s identity, its core traits and qualities, and moral choices become visible. Akutagawa wrote a lot and in many different styles; he enjoyed immense success. Collections of his stories were published one after another and sold out quickly. In April 1925, a multi-volume series “Collected Modern Works” opened with his book.
Published with the support of the “Society for Russian-Japanese Friendship.” Also don’t miss Akutagawa’s earlier audiobooks: Kikuchi Kan “Portrait of a Lady with Pearls,” “The Classics of Japanese Short Stories.”
