About this title: 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.
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0399505202 Light wear and creasing to cover. Former owner has stamped inside cover page. Very tightly bound. Beautiful book. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Perigee, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780399505201ISBN:0399505202
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean copy. Stated First Perigree Printing. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 531 pages. Synopsis In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life that is vanishing. As told by Junichiro Tanizaki, the story of the Makioka sisters forms what is arguably the greatest ... read more
Description: Very Good. 0399505202 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679761648ISBN:0679761640
Description: Good. 00271. Edgeworn and lightly age-tanned, but binding is straight, tight, and uncreased, and pages are clean. Not ex-library, no writing or highlightling. Overall a nice copy. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Perigee/ P.G. Putnum's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780399505201ISBN:0399505202
Description: Kimmerle Milnazik (Cover Illustration by), David Gatti ( Hand Lettering by) Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 530 pp. Solidly bound copy wtih moderate use. Dj has cuts and tears around cover. Pen marking on inside back cover. read more
Edition: 3rd imp thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Wideview/ Perigee, New York
Date Published: c1957
ISBN-13:9780399505201ISBN:0399505202
Description: K. Milnazik cover art. very good+, thick trade paperback, pict. gray & white covers. 530 pgs, ISBN: 0-399-50520-2. Trans. by Edward G. Seidensticker. Remainder "P" top edge. Clean text. read more
"I was takin' a bunch of trash downstairs the other day and picked up my copy of this book that I was reading with the Yahoo JLit group and then couldn't find the book anyplace. I wonder? Well, I had to head over to B&N for a new copy and if I have to buy five more, it was worth it -- an excellent novel. The story is revolves around the marriage prospects of four sisters but is underneath it all the story of the changes being forced on the Japanese by modernization just before the breakout of WWII. The author is very subtle but his themes are clear. Notice how the "conflict in China" effects something as mundane as the selection of a restaurant or how social visits to old friends might have to be put off by the situation in Europe. The sisters, like Japan, were "easily convinced, wholly unworldly, easy, trusting, foolish.""
"A wonderful read, four sisters. It is often called the Japanese "Little Women", which may be true, but doesn't detract one iota from the uniquely rich experiences of this family. I wish more people read it, recommended it, savored it."
"This was interesting to read while traveling in Japan. It was a lot of slow going details about absolutely nothing and no one ever saying what they mean (which of course was the point). The last line made the book for me."
"The Makioka sisters elegantly tells the story of a traditional respected Japanese family on the decline. They still try to hold onto more status than their family now deserves, and each of the four sisters adapts to the change in her own way. It is the diversity of the sisters' approaches to life in this time period (the dawn of WWII, between the attack on China and the attack on America) that makes this book so special.
I am not such a big fan of Tanizaki. Many of his novels and stories center of sexual themes, but the Makioka sisters does not. I decided to re-read this some 15 years after I read it last, and it is just as enjoyable and enlightening as it was back in the days when I seriously studied Japanese language and culture."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
