Kappa by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Kappa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa with Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (Translator), Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

82 pages first pub 1927 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark funny medium-paced
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The Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed beak and an oval-shaped saucer on top of its head,...

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