‘The Spider Thread’ by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, translated by Jay Rubin

Fantastic morality story from the master of Japanese short stories, pontificating on a man’s journey climbing a spider’s thread from hell to heaven.

Included in Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories, Penguin 2006. Available to read online here

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