Victoria Stoilova (@vstokyo): "In the note below by @Joseph Alcala, Polly Barton introduces Hell of Solitude by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated into English by Ryan Choi, published on 16 April 2026 by Prototype Publishing Ltd. in the United Kingdom. The translation is barely a week old. *** A link to Hell …"

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In the note below by Joseph Alcala, Polly Barton introduces Hell of Solitude by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated into English by Ryan Choi, published on 16 April 2026 by Prototype Publishing Ltd. in the United Kingdom.

The translation is barely a week old.

*** A link to Hell of Solitude page on Prototype Publishing Ltd:

prototypepublishing.co.…

*** Polly Barton in LitHub on the Hell of Solitude:

Joseph Alcala

Apr 23

From Polly Barton’s intro to Hell of Solitude by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated by Ryan Choi and published by Prototype.

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Polly Barton on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

In principle it should be straightforward enough to write an essay about the work of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Here is a writer who can absorb virtually any decisive, sweeping statement about his signif…

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