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Longing and Other Stories
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki is one of the most eminent Japanese writers of the twentieth century, renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity. Most acclaimed for his postwar...
The Siren's Lament: Essential Stories
The sage Confucius visits a cultured duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by the desires of his dazzling, malicious consort. A naive servant elopes with his master's daughter, only...
A Cat, A Man, And Two Women
Author: Jun'ichiro TanizakiFormat: Paperback, 128 pagesPublished: Daunt Books, United Kingdom, 2017Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. She's lost her home,...
The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)
VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - following on from the success of Vintage Russian Classics and European Classics, these are covetable new editions of the best Japanese writers on the Vintage list...
The Makioka Sisters
'The outstanding Japanese novelist of the century...The Makioka Sisters is his greatest book' Edmund White, New York Times Book Review Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the...
The Makioka Sisters
'The outstanding Japanese novelist of the century...The Makioka Sisters is his greatest book' Edmund White, New York Times Book Review Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the...
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
A major anthology of great Japanese short stories, now in Penguin Classics This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the...
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical...
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical...
The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2: Volume 2
Four-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares! Welcome to the liminal zone, where things beyond your wildest imagination await. What fate awaits when death is not the end?...
Inspired by Cats: Writers and Their Mews(es)
Cats and writers are a match made in book heaven. Cats share a tendency to be introverts, as are many writers. Both enjoy basking in the sun and solitude (when...