Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Some Prefer Nettles

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Yrjö Kivimies (Translator), Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

202 pages • first pub 1928 (view editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Junichiro Tanizaki's Some Prefer Nettles is an exquisitely nuanced exploration of the allure of ancient Japanese tradition--and the profound disquiet that accompanied its passing. It is the 1920s in Tokyo, and Kaname and his wife Misako are trapp...

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