Some Prefer Nettle by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki's Some Prefer Nettles is an exquisitely nuanced exploration of the allure of ancient Japanese tradition--and the profound disquiet that accompanied its passing. It is the 1920s in Tokyo, and Kaname and his wife Misako are trapped in a parody of a progressive Western marriage. No longer attracted to one another, they have long since stopped sleeping together and Kaname has sanctioned his wife's liaisons with another man. But at the heart of their arrangement lies a sadness that impels Kaname to take refuge in the past, in the serene rituals of the classical puppet theater--and in a growing fixation with his father-in-law's mistress. Some Prefer Nettles is an ethereally suggestive, psychologically complex exploration of the crisis every culture faces as it hurtles headfirst into modernity.You might also like
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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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399505218 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399505210 |
| Title | Some Prefer Nettle |
| Author | Jun'ichiro Tanizaki |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Perigee Trade |
| Year published | 1981-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 202 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |
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