Seven Japanese Tales by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett (Translator)

Seven Japanese Tales by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett (Translator)Junichiro Tanizaki's Seven Japanese Tales collects stories that explore the boundary at which love becomes self annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of voluptuous cruelty. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite young girl into a reflection of her predatory inner

a remade Eve hatches a plan to bring an end to the world

And though Gabriel does not realize it

50 years later

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In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation

and the ties that can kill

the hated foreigners

self-improvement

this comprehensive volume brings together a dazzling range of voices—among others

In an attempt to fill this void