In a Grove, by R. Akutagawa

Quality, not quantity:  this applies to so many aspects of our lives, just as it does here:  the quality of a work of literature is not necessarily found in its length.  There are several excellent samples of short stories that manage to capture my attention much more than some of their lengthy counterparts... Such is the case of In a Grove by R. Akutagawa, a seemingly straight-forward account of a murder that unfolds into a most complex story of what the real truth is...