About “The Spider's Thread”
*The Spider's Thread* is a 1918 short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, first published in the children's magazine *Akai Tori*. The story's plot is identical to that of "The Spider Web," a chapter in *Karma: A Story of Early Buddhism*, written by Paul Carus in 1894. Akutagawa's work shares the same narrative structure and content as Carus's earlier piece. No additional details about the story's content or characters are provided in the source text. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1918