Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [2007] paperback Condition:New Eighth Air Force had 40

Eighth Air Force had 40 heavy bomber groups

lives off air and dew and rides on cloud carts pulled by dragons

for six years

Bill Brandt

Dog Man is down on his luck

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [2007] paperback Condition:New Eighth Air Force had 40Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892 1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rashoemon' and 'In a Bamboo Grove' inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as 'The Nose', 'O Gin' and 'Loyalty' paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests,