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Ryūnosuke AkutagawaLiterary Fiction · Short Stories·1892–1927
The Nose
The Nose
Synopsis
A Buddhist priest with an unnaturally long nose that hangs past his chin becomes consumed by one thing: shortening it. When he learns of a technique from a distant temple, he sets out to convince everyone around him — and himself — that this is the most important matter in the world.
How it reads
Prose complexity 1/10
