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Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. It is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre - seductive, manipulating, enslaving - is one of Tanizaki's most extraordinary characters, the beautiful and corrupt art student, Mitsuko.
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Quicksand, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Howard Hibbett
- Language
- Released
- 1994
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Quicksand
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Howard Hibbett
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 039458547X
- ISBN13
- 9780394585475
- Series
- Tags
- 20th century, LGBTQ+, Japan, Asia, Japanese Literature, Japanese
- Description
- Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. It is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre - seductive, manipulating, enslaving - is one of Tanizaki's most extraordinary characters, the beautiful and corrupt art student, Mitsuko.