The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki (1966, Paperback)

Description: The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki (1966, Paperback) Translated from Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker This is a special edition for sale in Japan, Korea, and Okinam only, being a complete and unabridged photo-ofiset reproduction of the first American edition. Eighth printing, 1966 This vintage paperback book is in very good used condition. Please see the photos for the condition as the photos are of the actual book that you will receive. Thank you! OverviewJunichirō Tanizaki’s magisterial evocation of a proud Osaka family in decline during the years immediately before World War II is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century and a classic of international literature.Tsuruko, the eldest sister of the once-wealthy Makioka family, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The shy, unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances and dreaming of studying fashion design in France. Filled with vignettes of a vanishing way of life, The Makioka Sisters is a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family—and an entire society—sliding into the abyss of modernity. It possesses in abundance the keen social insight and unabashed sensuality that distinguish Tanizaki as a master novelist.

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