BOOKS by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

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1	In praise of shadows more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki This is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $5.55! \| SVS
2	Makioka Sisters more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki This tale of domestic oppression centres on the once prosperous, now declining, Makiota family which is struggling to marry off one of their daughters. A portrait of a family and society striving to preserve their self-respect in the face of change, as innovation and tradition clash. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.01! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Naomi more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Naomi-a "moga," or modern girl-defies Japanese tradition in dress, etiquette, and morality in this satirical tale of obsessive love set in 1920s Tokyo. As narrated by her husband, Joji, the story of Naomi reveals the enthusiasm and confusion with which most urban Japanese contended with the irresistible attractions of Western culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Some prefer nettles more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki A subtle and delicate tale of contemporary life that deals with the ramifications of a collapsing marriage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions
5	Seven Japanese tales more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki In these seven stories, Tanizaki explores territory that will be familiar to readers of his other fiction: the point where love threatens to become self-annihilation, where the pure contemplation of beauty transforms itself into fetishism, and where devotion to tradition becomes the weapon of the most exquisite cruelty. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Key more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki 'This year I intend to begin writing freely about a topic which, in the past, I have hesitated to mention even here. I have always avoided commenting on my sexual relations with Ikuko, for fear that she might surreptitiously read my diary and be offended' - So begins "The Key" - a forthright and moving tale of a middle-aged man deeply in love with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.91! \| first editions
7	Childhood Years: A Memoir more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Using a traditional, informal essay style, Tanizaki retrieves his childhood years in roughly chronological order and through deeply affecting character sketches, hilarious anecdotes and images of sensuous beauty, the texture of life in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo at the end of the 19th century. The main themes of his fiction are echoed in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	A cat, a man, and two women more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki This novella and two short stories are linked by their comic realism. All three are variations on a theme - dominance and submission in private relationships. The "man" in the title piece is a spoiled, self-indulgent caught in a war between his ex-wife, her wilful successor and a cat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.61! \| first editions
9	The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two Novellas more books like this by Junichiro Tanizaki, Anthony H. Chambers (Translator) In "The Reed Cutter," a novella long out of print, the narrator tells of a nostalgic journey taken along a riverbank to the sight of old ruins, and then by ferry to a peaceful sandbar under the full moon to contemplate ancient poetry and courtesans. The reed cutter appears there to tell him a story of a doomed love triangle, which also took place ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.29! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Quicksand more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. It is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre - seductive, manipulating, enslaving - is one of Tanizaki's most extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.14! \| first editions
11 view cover	Diary of a Mad Old Man more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki This work takes the form of an old man's diary, where he records his struggle with his self-image, and the manifestations of age, and his growing desire for his beautiful Westernized daughter-in-law. Between them, the two characters embody Japan, past and present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi; And, Arrowroot more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Two novellas--one set in medieval Japan, the other in the twentieth century--by one of Japan's great writers probe the nature of obsession and memory with masterly aesthetic restraint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.85! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Seven Japanese Tal Pa more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett (Translator) In these seven stories, Tanizaki explores territory that will be familiar to readers of his other fiction: the point where love threatens to become self-annihilation, where the pure contemplation of beauty transforms itself into fetishism, and where devotion to tradition becomes the weapon of the most exquisite cruelty. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75!
14 view cover	The Gourmet Club: A Sextet more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Professor Anthony Chambers (Translator), Paul McCarthy (Translator) Tanizaki (1885-1965) wrote these six stories early in the 20th century. They include a sadomasochistic story involving schoolboys and the tale of a gourmet desperate for new sensations who finds something wildly unexpected at an obscure little restaurant. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $8.60! \| SVS
15	Secret Hist Lord Musa more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Two novellas--one set in medieval Japan, the other in the twentieth century--by one of Japan's great writers probe the nature of obsession and memory with masterly aesthetic restraint. see all copies from $1.99!
16 view cover	A Cat Shozo and Two Women by Tanizaki Jun'Ichiro see all copies from $16.87! first editions
17	Hay Quien Prefiere Las Ortigas by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki see all copies from $51.60!
18	Some prefer nettles ; The secret history of the Lord of Musashi ; Arrowroot more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki see all copies from $1.99!
19 view cover	The secret history of the Lord of Musashi ; Arrowroot : two novellas more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. "Musashi" deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. "Arrowroot" also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the uniquely Japanese form of the "essay" novel. see all copies from $2.34! first editions
20	Uvres more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki see all copies from $133.33! new only from $133.33!

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