The Siren's Lament: Essential Stories, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

The Siren's Lament: Essential Stories, Jun'ichiro TanizakiNew Paperback A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy The rich and mysterious short stories of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki pulse with a restless eroticism. Visiting a kingdom ruled by a weak willed duke, the sage Confucius finds himself drawn into a battle of wills. A naive servant boy is compelled down a path of vice and sin by his master's daughter. A young prince

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