The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother : Two Novellas
by Tanizaki, Jun'Ichiro
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 067942010X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420101
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Synopsis
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 Genji (1941, 1954, and 1965), Captain Shigemoto's Mothe r (1949), The Key (1956), and Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961). By 1930 he had gained such renown that an edition of his complete works was published, and he was awarded Japan's Imperial Prize in Literature in 1949. Tanizaki died in 1965.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14222874-6
- Title
- The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother : Two Novellas
- Author
- Tanizaki, Jun'Ichiro
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067942010X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420101
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1994
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