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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
Subjects
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