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Junichiro Tanizaki
Author · 51 books

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎) was a Japanese author, and one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki. Some of his works present a rather shocking world of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions; others, less sensational, subtly portray the dynamics of family life in the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which constructions of "the West" and "Japanese tradition" are juxtaposed. The results are complex, ironic, demure, and provocative.

Series

Books

Le Pont flottant des songes book cover

Le Pont flottant des songes

1959

Seven Japanese Tales book cover

Seven Japanese Tales

1963

Le Meurtre d'O-Tsuya book cover

Le Meurtre d'O-Tsuya

1915

The Maids book cover

The Maids

1962

La madre del capitán Shigemoto book cover

La madre del capitán Shigemoto

2006

秘密 book cover

秘密

1911

El muchacho y otros relatos de infancia cruel book cover

El muchacho y otros relatos de infancia cruel

1911

Naomi book cover

Naomi

1924

Antología universal del relato fantástico book cover

Antología universal del relato fantástico

2013

El demonio y otros cuentos book cover

El demonio y otros cuentos

2022

The Makioka Sisters book cover

The Makioka Sisters

1948

In Black and White book cover

In Black and White

1928

Quicksand book cover

Quicksand

1928

Knakketiknakk book cover

Knakketiknakk

2018

Il demone book cover

Il demone

1912

Racconti del crimine. Volume 1 book cover

Racconti del crimine. Volume 1

2019

Le pied de Fumiko - Précédé de La complainte de la sirène book cover

Le pied de Fumiko - Précédé de La complainte de la sirène

2014

Diary of a Mad Old Man book cover

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1961

Retrato de Shunkin book cover

Retrato de Shunkin

1932

Longing and Other Stories book cover

Longing and Other Stories

2022

Il veleno di Afrodite book cover

Il veleno di Afrodite

1994

Sasameyuki-vol2 book cover

Sasameyuki-vol2

1955

Cuentos de amor book cover

Cuentos de amor

2016

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories book cover

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

2018

La historia de un ciego book cover

La historia de un ciego

1931

Devils in Daylight book cover

Devils in Daylight

1918

Le coupeur de roseaux book cover

Le coupeur de roseaux

1932

The Tattooer book cover

The Tattooer

1910

La morte d'oro book cover

La morte d'oro

1914

The Reed Cutter & Captain Shigemoto's Mother book cover

The Reed Cutter & Captain Shigemoto's Mother

1949

The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man book cover

The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man

1961

A Cat, a Man, and Two Women book cover

A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

1936

The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi & Arrowroot book cover

The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi & Arrowroot

1931

Modern Japanese Short Stories book cover

Modern Japanese Short Stories

Twenty-Five Stories by Japan's Leading Writers

1962

Петдесет велики разказвачи book cover

Петдесет велики разказвачи

2010

魔術師 book cover

魔術師

2017

Pianto di sirena e altri racconti book cover

Pianto di sirena e altri racconti

1989

Childhood Years book cover

Childhood Years

A Memoir

1957

In Praise of Shadows book cover

In Praise of Shadows

1933

Το πόδι της Φουμίκο book cover

Το πόδι της Φουμίκο

1998

Sasameyuki-vol1 book cover

Sasameyuki-vol1

1949

Red Roofs and Other Stories (Volume 79) book cover

Red Roofs and Other Stories (Volume 79)

2016

Tajný život knížete z Musaši book cover

Tajný život knížete z Musaši

1932

Kaiki book cover

Kaiki

Cuentos de terror y locura

2017

Sulla maestria book cover

Sulla maestria

1933

The Siren’s Lament book cover

The Siren’s Lament

Essential Stories

2023

The Key book cover

The Key

1956

თმენის მდინარე book cover

თმენის მდინარე

1961

The Story of Tomoda and Matsunaga book cover

The Story of Tomoda and Matsunaga

1926

La sociedad gastronómica y otros cuentos para gourmets book cover

La sociedad gastronómica y otros cuentos para gourmets

2016

Some Prefer Nettles book cover

Some Prefer Nettles

1928

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