Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki

The Siren's Lament (eBook, ePUB)

A 'rich and mysterious' (New York Times Book Review) short story collection from one of Japan's greatest writers
Übersetzer: Karetnyk, Bryan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy 'One of the greatest Japanese writers... his work explores the destructive power of erotic obsessions' Guardian 'Junichiro Tanizaki may well prove to be the outstanding Japanese novelist of this century... It is through... detail plain in language, but poetic in conception, that the blood of Tanizaki's rich and mysterious art pulses' New York Times Book Review 'Japan's great modern novelist. Tanizaki created a lifelong series of ingenious variations on a dominant theme: the power of love to energize and destroy' Chicago Tribune The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's desire for pleasure. A naïve servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption. Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself in possession of a dazzling, beguiling mermaid. These three short stories, in a gorgeous new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, distil the essence of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the co-mingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the chillingly dark side of desire and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pushkin Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782278108
• Artikelnr.: 68109765

Autorenporträt

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki is widely considered to be one of Japan's most important writers. Born in Tokyo in 1886, he began his literary career in 1909 and published numerous plays, essays, novels and short stories. His writing is characterised by ironic wit, subtle family dynamics and charged, fraught depictions of sexuality and identity. The prestigious Tanizaki Prize is named in his honour.