Seven Japanese Tales
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
320 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0679761071
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Language: English
Publish: 844153200000
20th CenturyAsiaAsian LiteratureClassicsFictionHistorical FictionJapanJapanese LiteratureLiteratureShort Stories
In these seven stories, the author of The Makioka Sisters explores the territory where love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of refined cruelty.