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The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two novellas

The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two novellas

The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two novellas
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The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two novellas

by Tanizaki, Junichiro

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good/Very Good
ISBN 10
067942010X
ISBN 13
9780679420101
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Knopf, 1994-02-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Book is in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a clipped corner. Spine is strong and inside pages are clean.

Synopsis

Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of his novel The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). Among his works are Naomi (1924), Some Prefer Nettles (1928), Quicksand (1930), Arrowroot (1931), A Portrait of Shunkin (1933), The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935), modern versions of The Tale of Genji (1941, 1954, and 1965), Captain Shigemoto's Mothe r (1949), The Key (1956), and Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961). By 1930 he had gained such renown that an edition of his complete works was published, and he was awarded Japan's Imperial Prize in Literature in 1949. Tanizaki died in 1965.

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Bookseller
Downtown Atlantis Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
042024002
Title
The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother: Two novellas
Author
Tanizaki, Junichiro
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
067942010X
ISBN 13
9780679420101
Publisher
Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1994-02-01
Size
6x1x9
X weight
12 oz

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