The Makioka Sisters
$53.85
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1993
Summary
Hailed as the greatest Japanese novel of the Twentieth century, THE MAKIOKA SISTERS is a subtle tale of domestic oppression worthy of Balzac or Chekhov. In this saga of the once prosperous but now declining Makioka family struggling to marry off one of their daughters, Tanizaki presents the picture of a family and a society striving to preserve their self-respect as they come to terms with disturbing new ways in a classic confrontation of innovation and tradition. A wonderful portrait of Japa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857151558 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857151550 |
| Author: | Junichiro Tanizaki |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1993 |
| Weight: | 573g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 134mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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About The Author
Junichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki was one of Japan’s greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the cosmopolitan Tokyo area until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region and became absorbed in Japan’s past.
All his most important works were written after 1923, among them Some Prefer Nettles (1929), The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935), several modern versions of The Tale of Genji (1941, 1954 and 1965), The Makioka Sisters, The Key (1956) and Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961). He was awarded an Imperial Award for Cultural Merit in 1949 and in 1965 he was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the first Japanese writer to receive this honour. Tanizaki died later that same year.
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