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 the...

A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki\"s wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture. ‘We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.’ This book is in fact a portal....

An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade......

Tanizaki\"s masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, Tanizaki lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life....

A seductive portrait of marriage and sexual passion. This is the diary of a middle-aged man who is deeply in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other\"s desires...until the day Ikuko discovers her husband\"s diary with its desperate hints of jealousy and voyeurism....

At once hilarious and sad, Tanizaki\"s last novel - written during his final illness - echoes his own life. While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past....

An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country\"s greatest novelists. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists....

A powerful, autobiographical work set in 1920s Tokyo and Osaka The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the arms of others, they contemplate the humiliation of divorce....

Book DescriptionFrom a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication....