The Madonna in Black

9 hrs. 35 min.

Classics

Author Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Narrator Nadezhda Vinokurova

Description

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is one of the most widely read Japanese writers in Europe. His works feature an unusual interweaving of fiction and reality, deep psychological insight, paradoxical judgments, and a subtle irony—serving his main goal: the exploration of universal moral and ethical problems of the individual. In this collection, Akutagawa appears to the reader as a great connoisseur and admirer of European culture. Throughout his life, his desire to draw parallels between the East and the West never left him. Yet, borrowing plots from European works, he always adds something of his own. The values of other peoples refract through the rays of Japan’s rising sun—enriching one another.