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Seven Japanese tales / Junichiro Tanizaki ; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.

Title
Seven Japanese tales / Junichiro Tanizaki ; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.
Author
Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō, 1886-1965
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, 1996.

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Additional Authors
Hibbett, Howard
Description
ix, 298, [8] p.; 21 cm.
Summary
In these seven stories, the author of The Makioka Sisters explores the territory where love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of refined cruelty.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections. English. 1996
Alternative Title
Works. 1996
Subject
Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō, 1886-1965 > Translations into English
Genre/Form
Translations
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1963.
Bibliography (note)
  • List of the author's works: p. [303]-[304].
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Portrait of Shunkin -- Terror -- Bridge of dreams -- Tattooer -- Thief -- Aguri -- Blind man's tale.
ISBN
0679761071
LCCN
^^^96007175^
OCLC
  • 34282752
  • SCSB-12307434
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library