Kaname's marriage is disintegrating.

It is the 1920s in Tokyo and he and his wife, Misako, are trapped in a parody of a progressive Western marriage. He escapes into the arms of a lover, whilst closing his eyes to the likelihood that his wife will do the same. But this unhappy arrangement can't last. Misako's father steps in, believing that their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, attempting to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. Meanwhile a fixation with his father-in-law's mistress is fermenting within Kaname.

'Chilling... Tanizaki is a master of ambiguity' The Times

'Tanazaki pulls aside the shoji that screens Japanese home life to eavesdrop on what people are really saying and thinking behind their polite facades' New York Times

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• Publication Date: March 30, 2010
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• Print Length: 155 Pages
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