{"product_id":"the-life-of-a-stupid-man-ryunosuke-akutagawa-penguin-little-black-classics","title":"The Life of a Stupid Man: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Penguin Little Black Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Akutagawa's \u003ci\u003eRashomon and Seventeen Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ryunosuke-akutagawa-books\"\u003eRyunosuke Akutagawa\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141397726\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47909368660145,"sku":"SB-0141397721-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0141397721.jpg?v=1789140592","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-a-stupid-man-ryunosuke-akutagawa-penguin-little-black-classics","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}