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PublisherSteerforth Press

ISBN-101782278095

ISBN-139781782278092

eBay Product ID (ePID)15058805230

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Book TitleSiren's Lament : Essential Stories

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Short Stories (Single Author), Asian / Japanese, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2023

GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Fiction, Literary Collections

AuthorJunichiro Tanizaki

Book SeriesEssential Stories Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length6.4 in

Item Width4.8 in

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ReviewsPraise for Jinochiro Tanizaki: "Junichiro Tanizaki may well prove to be the outstanding Japanese novelist of this century" --New York Times Book Review "Japan's great modern novelist. Tanizaki createda lifelong series of ingenious variations on a dominant theme: the power of love to energize and destroy" --Chicago Tribune "Tanizaki writes with an unabashed sensuality" --John Updike, 'One of the greatest Japanese writers... his work explores the destructive power of erotic obsessions' - Guardian 'Junichiro Tanizaki may well prove to be the outstanding Japanese novelist of this century... It is through... detail plain in language, but poetic in conception, that the blood of Tanizaki's rich and mysterious art pulses' - Edmund White 'Japan's great modern novelist. Tanizaki created a lifelong series of ingenious variations on a dominant theme: the power of love to energize and destroy' - Chicago Tribune 'Tanizaki writes with an unabashed sensuality' - John Updike 'Tanizaki - like no other writer - mined the realm of forbidden fantasies. From subtle eroticism to full-blown pathology, he made poetry of pleasure and torment'' - Japan Times 'Undiscovered jewels' - Guardian 'in these stories we have that still-young man, randy and undisciplined, ranging everywhere for pleasure, seeking still some powerful force to subdue him once and for all.' - Washington Post

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal895.6344

SynopsisLavishly 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'ichiro 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., A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy, A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's desire for pleasure. A naive servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption. Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself in possession of a dazzling, beguiling mermaid. These three short stories, in a gorgeous new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, distil the essence of Jun'ichiro 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.

LC Classification NumberPL839.A7