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The Siren's Lament: Essential Stories
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ISBN10: 1782278095
ISBN13: 9781782278092
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: Sep 26 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.63 Width: 4.65 Depth: 6.38
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781782278092
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: Sep 26 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.63 Width: 4.65 Depth: 6.38
Language: English
Lavishly opulent stories of sensual obsession, cultural heritage, and mythological creatures--translated into English for the first time--from a classic Japanese writer Featuring The Qilin, The Siren's Lament, and the novella Killing O-Tsuya, this gorgeous new edition of 3 classic works translated by Bryan Karetnyk distills the essence of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the co-mingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the chillingly dark side of desire, and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved.
- The Qilin The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's obsession desire for pleasure.
- Killing O-Tsuya A naïve servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption.
- The Siren's Lament Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself in possession of a dazzling, beguiling mermaid.
The essential short works of one of the most important and widely-read figured in modern Japanese literature, author of hugely popular works including In Praise of Shadows, The Makioka Sisters, and Naomi; renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity.
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