Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Junichirō Tanizaki's magisterial evocation of a proud Osaka family in decline during the years immediately before World War I is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century and a classic of international literature. Tsuruko, the eldest sister of the once-wealthy Makioka family, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The shy, unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family's exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances and dreaming of studying fashion design in France. Filled with vignettes of a vanishing way of life, The Makioka Sisters is a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family--and an entire society--sliding into the abyss of modernity. It possesses in abundance the keen social insight and unabashed sensuality that distinguish Tanizaki as a master novelist.Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he relocated to the Kyoto-Osaka region, which was the setting for one of his most famous novels, The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). Tanizaki wrote nearly twenty books, including Naomi (1924), Some Prefer Nettles (1928), Arrowroot (1931), and A Portrait of Shunkin (1933). In 1941, 1954, and 1965, he published translations of the Japanese classic The Tale of Genji. Some of his books were adapted into films, including Quicksand (1930), The Key (1956), and Diary of a Crazy Old Man (1961). In 1949, he received Japan's Imperial Prize in Literature, and in 1965, he became the first Japanese writer to be elected to the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters as an honorary member. Tanizaki passed away in 1965.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399505201 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399505202 |
| Title | Makioka Sisters |
| Author | Jun'ichiro Tanizaki |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Perigee Books |
| Year published | 1981-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 530 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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