About the Author
Ryunosuke Wasagawa (1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927) entered Tokyo Imperial University in 1913 and began writing. Representative works include "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Nose", "Theft" and so on.
——Excerpt from Headline Encyclopedia
Eight months after birth, her mother went insane and was adopted by her childless uncle and raised by her single aunt. He was physically weak, sensitive, and repressed, and committed suicide at the age of 35 on sleeping pills.
Because of sensitivity, it is more about human nature. The content is mostly based on history, like a fable story, revealing the evil of human nature, the tone is dark, and it feels very "cold" after reading.
The contents of the representative works "Rashomon" and "Nose":
Two plots in "Rashomon" are impressive: 1. The old woman pulls her hair from the female corpse for wig;
2. The family repeatedly stroked the boils with pus on the face.
- The psychology of hesitation and entanglement
The sentence at the end has a deep meaning: "The whereabouts of the family are not known." ”
- Well, there's that smell, maybe it's now.
"The Nose" tells the story of a monk who is troubled by his nose. At first it was because of the length, inconvenience and hurt self-esteem. "Five or six inches long, hanging from the upper lip to the chin. It was as thick as it was, like a slender sausage, hanging in the middle of the face. "After finding the home remedies shortened, they were still unhappy because people were snickering about it. One day, the nose returned to its former state, and the monk's "comfortable mood" was repeated. "It turned out to be because people had this mentality:
"The long nose trembles in the autumn wind of dawn." - The ending is comical and sarcastic.
The character "Wupin" in "Yam Porridge" resembles "Kong Yiji". "Mo, brothers!" Others have embarrassed him," he said with a smile on his face—crying or laughing. "Live like a dog in the contempt around you." "Wupin" wants to rescue the dogs that are bullied by the children but is insulted, and this self-pleading plot is very similar to Kong Yiji asking the young man "fennel" in several ways. "Wupin"'s obsession with yam porridge is similar to Kong Yiji's love of wine, as well as the ecology of the banquet venue and the tavern scene.
Some are fairy tales, "Little White" tells the story of the little white dog who became black and was disliked by the owner because he saw death and could not be saved, and then changed his new vision to become white again and then won the favor of the owner. Teach people to do good. "Spider Silk" describes the great thief of hell who received a spider silk from the Buddha for doing a good deed. Fearing that others would follow and cut off, the thief would cut off and fall back into the sea of suffering.
My favorite book is "Kuye Copy", which describes the complex psychological activities of the disciples at the time of the death of Master Hai Huan, "in the midst of tension, there is a feeling of relief -- in other words, the coming is finally coming, such as relief." "From the eyes of the other party, I saw the same thoughts as each other, and I was shocked." In addition, everyone's mood is different: some are extremely indifferent, even disgusted, and a trace of self-blame; some have taken care of them, "surprisingly chaotic in their hearts: both proud and remorseful"; some are careless, but they inevitably have some feelings, thinking of compiling the master's works into a collection; some are afraid and worried that the next death will not be themselves.
Cold but real and delicate.
The essay "Mr. Maori" depicts an English teacher who likes to teach people but is cramped and asks for sympathy, and the character description is very brilliant.
Some analysts say that although he exposed the evil of lashing out at human nature, he actually longed for good, perhaps so, but it is necessary to read his works comprehensively, otherwise only "Rashomon", "Nose" and other works can only let readers see "evil".
@Headline Book Club