Collection
Genres
Status
Available
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. nbsp; 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.
Publication
Vintage (1996), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN
0679761071 / 9780679761075
Pages
320
Language
Original language
Japanese
Original publication date
1963 (English: Hibbett)