{"product_id":"the-makioka-sisters-vintage-classics-japanese-series-junichiro-tanizaki","title":"The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series) (Junichiro Tanizaki)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent   decade...I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David   Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     'A near-perfect novel' Hanya Yanagihara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in   dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex,   personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich   with breathtaking descriptions of ancient customs and an ever-changing   natural world, Junichiro Tanizaki evokes in loving detail a long-lost way of   life even as it withers under the harsh glare of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY EDWARD SEIDENSTICKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in   gorgeous new gift editions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunichiro Tanizaki\u003c\/b\u003e was one of Japan's greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the cosmopolitan Tokyo area until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region and became absorbed in Japan's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll his most important works were written after 1923, among them \u003ci\u003eSome Prefer Nettles\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of the Lord of Musashi\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), several modern versions of \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e (1941, 1954 and 1965), \u003ci\u003eThe Makioka Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Key\u003c\/i\u003e (1956) and \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Mad Old Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1961). He was awarded an Imperial Award for Cultural Merit in 1949 and in 1965 he was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the first Japanese writer to receive this honour. Tanizaki died later that same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 576 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807654617437,"sku":"K079354447","price":15.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7935444700001A.jpg?v=1788482961","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-makioka-sisters-vintage-classics-japanese-series-junichiro-tanizaki","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}