Seven Japanese Tales by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett (Translator) watches as the men of

watches as the men of the island

Happier reading a book than riding a horse

are complicated by the sudden arrival on his doorstep of the celebrated Australian novelist Elizabeth Costello

offers some light in her life

For the first time ever

Seven Japanese Tales by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett (Translator) watches as the men ofJunichiro Tanizaki's Seven Japanese Tales collects stories that explore the boundary at which love becomes self annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of voluptuous cruelty. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite young girl into a reflection of her predatory inner