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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.
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The Makioka Sisters, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- The Makioka Sisters
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tanizaki Jun’ichirō
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 576
- ISBN10
- 1784875430
- ISBN13
- 9781784875435
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family, Women, Classics, Life, Literary Fiction, Japan, Adapted for Film, Asia, Japanese Literature, Sisters, Arranged Marriage
- First published
- 1948
- Original title
- Sasamejuki (細雪)
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- 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.