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Derek Bartholomew
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I’ve only read the section “A World in Decay” so far. But if hadn’t written anything else he’d still be legendary to me.
Akutagawa belongs in the same conversation alongside Gogol, Chekov, and Kafka, the greatest masters of the short form, imo.
An aside: I thought Kurosawa’s Rashomon is based on the titular story of this collection, but it is actually an adaptation of “In a Bamboo Grove.”
— Sep 13, 2026 04:58PM
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Akutagawa belongs in the same conversation alongside Gogol, Chekov, and Kafka, the greatest masters of the short form, imo.
An aside: I thought Kurosawa’s Rashomon is based on the titular story of this collection, but it is actually an adaptation of “In a Bamboo Grove.”
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the prologue and foreword are so long that i still haven't gotten to the actual stories yet lmao hope they're good
— Sep 13, 2026 06:07AM
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