Audiobook

Tales Grotesque and Curious

Here collected are eleven of the over 200 stories that Ryūnosuke Akutagawa wrote during his all-too-brief lifetime and give a sample of the odd and quirky world in which he dwells. Herein can be found eccentric parables such as the tricky demon of "Tobacco and the Devil", the skin-crawling "Lice" and the weird "The Wine Worm". But Akutagawa was also a master of the subtle character study illustrated by such tales as "The Handkerchief" and "Mori Sensei". Also included is "Rashomon", the dark and rain-swept inspiration for the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa film of the same name. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

Year of Publication: 1930Genres: Fantastic Fiction , Single Author Collections

Running Time: 03 hours 05 minutes 25 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction Ben Tucker	12:03
2	Tobacco and the Devil Ben Tucker	16:18
3	The Nose Ben Tucker	16:25
4	The Handkerchief Ben Tucker	19:07
5	Rashomon Ben Tucker	15:28
6	Lice Ben Tucker	11:39
7	The Spider's Thread Ben Tucker	6:57
8	The Wine Worm Ben Tucker	18:16
9	The Badger Ben Tucker	6:45
10	The Ball Ben Tucker	14:02
11	The Pipe Ben Tucker	17:33
12	Mori Sensei Ben Tucker	30:52