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Ėtot sbornik predstavli͡aet soboĭ iskli͡uchitelʹnoe po bogatstvu sobranie proizvedeniĭ velikogo i͡aponskogo pisateli͡a, otnosi͡ashchikhsi͡a k raznoobraznym zhanram 'maloĭ' prozy. Realisticheskie novelly i rasskazy, deĭstvie kotorykh otnositsi͡a k sovremennoĭ avtoru ėpokhe, peremezhai͡utsi͡a s istoricheskimi proizvedenii͡ami, izyskanno stilizovannymi pod blesti͡ashchui͡u literaturu raznykh periodov i͡aponskogo Srednevekovʹi͡a, te smeni͡ai͡utsi͡a pechalʹnymi i mudrymi literaturnymi skazkami, filosofskimi pritchami, dazhe satiricheskoĭ fantastikoĭ, rasskazami avtobiograficheskogo kharaktera. Odnako vse ėti teksty, udivitelʹno raznye v zhanrovom i stilisticheskom otnoshenii, napolneny svoĭstvennoĭ Akutagave neizmennoĭ strastnostʹi͡u otnoshenii͡a k cheloveku i neobychaĭnoĭ ostrotoĭ proniknovenii͡a v samye zataennye glubiny chelovecheskogo uma i dushi.

This collection is an exceptionally rich collection of works by the great Japanese writer, belonging to various genres of "small" prose. Realistic novels and short stories set in the author's modern era are interspersed with historical works exquisitely stylized as brilliant literature from different periods of the Japanese Middle Ages, which are replaced by sad and wise literary tales, philosophical parables, even satirical fiction, and autobiographical stories. However, all these texts, which are surprisingly different in genre and stylistic terms, are filled with Akutagawa's characteristic unwavering passion for man and an extraordinary insight into the innermost depths of the human mind and soul.