Essential Stories
In these stories we have that still-young man, randy and undisciplined, ranging everywhere for pleasure. The Washington Post Undiscovered jewels. Guardian "A stylistic tour de force... a wonderful addition to English representations of one of Japan's most imaginative, controversial novelists" -- Times Literary Supplement Lyrical, dramatic and unforgettableHighly recommended! Shiny New Books Praise for Jinochiro Tanizaki: Junichiro Tanizaki may well prove to be the outstanding Japanese novelist of this century New York Times Book Review Japan's great modern novelist. Tanizaki createda lifelong series of ingenious variations on a dominant theme: the power of love to energize and destroy Chicago Tribune Tanizaki writes with an unabashed sensuality John Updike
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki is widely considered to be one of Japan's most important writers. Born in Tokyo in 1886, he began his literary career in 1909 and published numerous plays, essays, novels and short stories. His writing is characterised by ironic wit, subtle family dynamics and charged, fraught depictions of sexuality and identity. The prestigious Tanizaki Prize is named in his honour.