The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Junichiro TanizakiSeries:Vintage InternationalPublish date:2003-03-11Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780375719318ISBN-10:375719318UPC:9780375719318Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, LiterarySize:8.12 x 5.22 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCYKF45CHA
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels
From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi, Junichir Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. Arrowroot, though set in the twentieth century, views an...
Series: Vintage International
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780375719318ISBN-10:375719318UPC:9780375719318Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, LiterarySize:8.12 x 5.22 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCYKF45CHA
Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of his novel The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). Among his works are Naomi (1924), Some Prefer Nettles (1928), Quicksand (1930), Arrowroot (1931), A Portrait of Shunkin (1933), The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935), modern versions of The Tale of...
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