| Seven Japanese Tales Contributor(s): Tanizaki, Junichiro (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679761071 ISBN-13: 9780679761075 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96007175 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.24" W x 8.09" (0.58 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Junichiro Tanizaki's Seven Japanese Tales collects stories that explore the boundary at which love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of voluptuous cruelty. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite young girl into a reflection of her predatory inner nature. A young man is erotically imprisoned by memories of his absent mother. Shocking in its content and lyrical in its beauty, these stories represent some of the finest work of one of Japan's greatest modern writers. |