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O-Ritsu and the Children
Paperback
Series: Ryunosuke Akutagawa Collection, Book 12
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 5 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.18 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
O-Ritsu and the Children: and Other Stories brings together stories of family, childhood, illness, teaching, and domestic memory, turning quiet rooms and ordinary households into scenes of moral pressure.
O-Ritsu and the Children and Other Stories brings together five works: O-Ritsu and the Children, Mori Sensei, Mother, Spring, and The Dolls. The volume moves from a household shaped by poverty and children's lives to a teacher's strange influence, maternal love, springtime unease, and the quiet emotional power of dolls.
Akutagawa stands among the defining masters of modern Japanese literature. His work helped shape the modern Japanese short story through psychological acuity, historical imagination, irony, and an exact awareness of how language can expose the hidden motives beneath conduct.
This collection offers a concentrated view of that art, pairing the main work with companion pieces that deepen its atmosphere and show why Akutagawa remains one of Japan's most influential literary voices.
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