| Red Roofs and Other Stories: Volume 79 Contributor(s): Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro (Author), McCarthy, Paul (Translator), Chambers, Anthony (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0472053272 ISBN-13: 9780472053278 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016022661 |
| Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965), the author of Naomi; A Cat, a Man, and Two Women; and The Makioka Sisters, was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The four stories in this volume date from the first and second decades of Tanizaki's long career and reflect themes that appear throughout his work: exoticism, sexuality, sadomasochism, contrasts between traditional and modern societies, disparities between appearance and reality, the power of dreams, amorality, an interest in cinema, and a fascination with the techniques of storytelling. The stories--translated into English here for the first time--are: "The Strange Case of Tomoda and Matsunaga" ("Tomoda to Matsunaga no hanashi," 1926), "A Night in Qinhuai" ("Shinwai no yo," 1919), "The Magician" ("Majutsushi," 1917), and "Red Roofs" ("Akai yane," 1925). |