I started reading this short story yesterday, not realizing it was indeed very short, only 16 pages (on my Kindle).The story gives an account of a murder through different perspectives, e.g. a passer-by, a friend, the mother-in-law of the victim, the presumed murderer... But the real and unexpected...
This story is contained in one or two of the anthologies of Akutagawa's short stories. The easiest to get hold of might be Rashamon and Other Stories or Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories.I'm hovering on the brink of giving this particular short story 5 stars, just for the premise alone. ( Having...
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