The Makioka Sisters
by Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0436516047
- ISBN 13
- 9780436516047
- Seller
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Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This ex library 1983 edition is in very good condition with a fair dust jacket. Library stamp present on the title page. Otherwise a very good clean copy.
Synopsis
The outstanding Japanese novelist of the century...The Makioka Sisters is his greatest book' Edmund White, New York Times Book ReviewTanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, Tanizaki lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life.
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- Seller
- Our Kind of Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2216000.27
- Title
- The Makioka Sisters
- Author
- Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0436516047
- ISBN 13
- 9780436516047
- Publisher
- Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
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