ISBN10: 0375719318, ISBN13: 9780375719318, [publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group] Softcover Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of his novel The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). Among his works are Naomi (1924), Some Prefer Nettles
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2003]
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ISBN10: 0375719318, ISBN13: 9780375719318, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi, Junichir Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. Arrowroot, though set in the twentieth century, views an adult orphans search for his mothers past through the translucent shoji screen of ancient literature and myth. Both works are replete with shocking juxtapositions. Severed heads become objects of erotic fixation. Foxes take on human shape. An aristocratic lady loves and pities the man she is conspiring to destroy. This supple translation reveals the full scope of Tanizakis gift: his confident storytelling, luminous detail, and astonishingly vital female characters. From the renowned author of "The Makioka Sisters" come two slyly witty and psychologically sophisticated novels of sexual and romantic obsession. Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary 16th century samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]