Books by Junichiro Tanizaki and Complete Book Reviews

Junichiro Tanizaki, trans. from the Japanese by J. Keith Vincent. New Directions, $16.95 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-0-8112-2491-8
Originally published in 1918, this captivating short novel exemplifies why Tanizaki is considered an innovator of modern Japanese literature. After a sleepless night working on a manuscript for his editor, Takahashi receives a call from Sonomura, an
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Junichiro Tanizaki, trans. from the Japanese by Michael P. Cronin. New Directions, $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8112-2492-5
In this new translation of the final novel of Tanizaki’s illustrious career, he seeks to personify rapidly changing Japanese culture through a series of portraits of the “many, many maids” who “worked for the Chikura household” between 1937 and 1961.
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