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In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows
Author: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The result is a c...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780099283577
ISBN-10: 0099283573
Publication Date: 5/3/2001
Pages: 80
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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This eloquent, thought sometimes perverse, essay on the Japanese sense of beauty by one of the most articulate of modern Japanese novelists is something everyone interested in Japan should read. I shall certainly recommend it to my students. The publishers of this book have given us a little gem. - Edwin McClellan, Yale University


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