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The Sirens Lament: Essential Stories
Pushkin Press
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9781782278092
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Lavishly opulent stories of sensual obsession, cultural heritage, and mythological creaturestranslated into English for the first timefrom a classic Japanese writer Featuring The Qilin, The Sirens Lament, and the novella Killing O-Tsuya, this gorgeous new edition of 3 classic works translated by Bryan Karetnyk distills the essence of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the co-mingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the chillingly dark side of desire, and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved. The Qilin: The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's obsession desire for pleasure. Killing O-Tsuya: A naïve servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption. The Sirens Lament: Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself in possession of a dazzling, beguiling mermaid. The essential short works of one of the most important and widely-read figured in modern Japanese literature, author of hugely popular works including In Praise of Shadows, The Makioka Sisters, and Naomi; renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity.
- | Author: Jun'Inchiro Tanizaki
- | Publisher: Pushkin Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1782278095
- | ISBN-13: 9781782278092
- Author:
- Jun'Inchiro Tanizaki
- Publisher:
- Pushkin Press
- Publication Date:
- Sep 26, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 224 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1782278095
- ISBN-13:
- 9781782278092