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Mandarins.(Brief article)(Book review)
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November 1, 2007|
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Mandarins
Ryunosuke Akutagawa, author
Charles De Wolf, translator
Archipelago Books
25 Jay Street, #203, Brooklyn, NY 11201
9780977857609, $16.00 www.archipelagobooks.org 1-800-283-3572
Skillfully translated from the original Japanese by Charles De Wolf, Mandarins: Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa is an anthology of short stories written during the all-too-brief life of Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Fluidly evoking 1920's Japan, in ...
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