pickThe plot is simply the juxtaposition of contradictory accounts of the events in the grove. It is not a detective or mystery plot. Not about who done it or about the truth of what happened. What are we to make of it? Is the story about the unreliablility of eye-witnesses? Is the story an ironic commentary on the self-interested narture of story-telling? This story leaves us pondering its meaning.
pick🎋It‘s the mystery of a murdered man told from 7 perspectives.
🎋The whole point of the story is to examine the fluctuating ability & willingness that humans have in perceiving & transmitting objective truth.
🎋You‘ve to pay attention to the minute details to make sense of the story & its inherent goal.
🎋Vague but brilliantly contemplative.
🎋4/5
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Yes!!! My very first Ryūnosuke Akutagawa book came in today. It‘s the short story that was the basis for Akira Kurosawa‘s adaptation of Rashōmon. I‘ve read quite a few of Akutagawa‘s stories before, but now I finally own one. He‘s absolutely brilliant, similarly to Natsume Sōseki, whom I also adore very much.
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