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The Makioka Sisters

Introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker

By Junichiro Tanizaki

By Junichiro Tanizaki

By Junichiro Tanizaki
Introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker

By Junichiro Tanizaki
Introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker

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Part of Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series

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Sep 26, 1995 | ISBN 9780679761648

Hardcover $28.00

May 25, 1993 | ISBN 9780679424529

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    About The Makioka Sisters

    Junichirō Tanizaki’s magisterial evocation of a proud Osaka family in decline during the years immediately before World War II is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century and a classic of international literature.

    Tsuruko, the eldest sister of the once-wealthy Makioka family, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The shy, unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances and dreaming of studying fashion design in France. Filled with vignettes of a vanishing way of life, The Makioka Sisters is a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family—and an entire society—sliding into the abyss of modernity. It possesses in abundance the keen social insight and unabashed sensuality that distinguish Tanizaki as a master novelist.

    About The Makioka Sisters

    Junichirō Tanizaki’s magisterial evocation of a proud Osaka family in decline during the years immediately before World War II is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century and a classic of international literature.

    Tsuruko, the eldest sister of the once-wealthy Makioka family, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The shy, unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances and dreaming of studying fashion design in France. Filled with vignettes of a vanishing way of life, The Makioka Sisters is a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family—and an entire society—sliding into the abyss of modernity. It possesses in abundance the keen social insight and unabashed sensuality that distinguish Tanizaki as a master novelist.

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    About Junichiro Tanizaki

    Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived in the city until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of one of his most well-known novels, The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). The author… More about Junichiro Tanizaki

    About Junichiro Tanizaki

    Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived in the city until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of one of his most well-known novels, The Makioka Sisters (1943-48). The author… More about Junichiro Tanizaki

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 26, 1995 | 544 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679761648

    Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    May 25, 1993 | 498 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780679424529
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    Praise for Junichiro Tanizaki’s The Makioka Sisters

    “A masterpiece of great beauty and quality.” –Chicago Tribune

    “Skillfully and subtly, Tanizaki brushes in a delicate picture of a gentle world that no longer exists.” –San Francisco Chronicle

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