Description |
224 pages ; 20 cm |
Summary |
Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. it is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre seductive, manipulating, enslaving is one of Tanizaki's most extraordinary characters, the beautiful and corrupt art student Mitsuko |
Analysis |
Japanese fiction |
Notes |
"This translation is based on the Chuo Koronsha, Inc. edition of Manji, published in Japan in 1947. Manji was serialized in Kaizo in 1928-30" -- t.p. verso |
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First published: New York : Knopf, 1994 |
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Translation of: Manji |
Subject |
Widows -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
Osaka (Japan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80022951 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Author |
Hibbett, Howard.
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LC no. |
bnb09948561 |
ISBN |
0099485613 |
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