Seven Japanese Tales (Vintage International)
Seven Japanese Tales (Vintage International)
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Book Description
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.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese
Seven Japanese Tales (Vintage International)
Seven Japanese Tales (Vintage International),Junichiro Tanizaki,Vintage,0679761071,1886-1965,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Japanese Novel And Short Story,Literary,Literary Criticism,Tanizaki, Junichiro,,Tanizaki, JunŽichiråo,,Translations into English,Fiction / Literary,Myth & legend told as fiction,Short stories,Tanizaki, JunŽichiro
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