Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

One of the towering figures of modern Japanese writing, Akutagawa's early career was distinguished by imaginative, beautifully crafted stories of medieval Japan, rich with period detail. These two stories include his great masterpiece of that period, 'Hell Screen', and the parable of a thread-thin chance of escape for a sinner in the Pool of Blood.

Hell Screen

Story "The Story of a Head That Fell Off" in Hell Screem

Nuno Miguel Gonçalo Salgueiro

"It is important - even necessary - for us to become acutely aware of the fact that we can't trust ourselves. The only ones you can trust to some extent are the people who really know that. We had better get this straight. Otherwise, our own characters" head could fall off like Xiao-er's at any time. This is the way you have read all Chinese newspapers.

Hell Screen

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