Longing and Other Stories

Jun'ichir¿ Tanizaki is one of the most prominent Japanese writers of the twentieth century. This book presents three powerful stories of family from the first decade of Tanizaki's career. Written in different genres, they are united by a focus on mothers and sons and a concern for Japan's traditional culture in the face of Westernization.

List of contents

1. Longing
2. Sorrows of a Heretic
3. The Story of an Unhappy Mother
Translators' Afterword
Acknowledgments

About the author

Jun'ichir¿ Tanizaki. Translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy

Summary

Jun’ichiro Tanizaki is one of the most prominent Japanese writers of the twentieth century. This book presents three powerful stories of family from the first decade of Tanizaki’s career. Written in different genres, they are united by a focus on mothers and sons and a concern for Japan’s traditional culture in the face of Westernization.

Additional text

A kind of master class in voice . . . The world of literature is much richer now that Longing and Other Stories is available for English readers.

Product details

• Authors: Jun''ichiro. Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō. Tanizaki, Jun'Ichiro/ Chambers Tanizaki
• Assisted by: Anthony Chambers (Translation), Chambers Anthony (Translation), Paul Mccarthy (Translation), McCarthy Paul (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780231202152
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20215-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Fiction in translation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Japanese, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary