Jun'ichirÅ Tanizaki,Anthony H. Chambers
From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In ,The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi,, Junichir Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. ,Arrowroot,, ,though set in the twentieth century, views an adult orphanâ€™s search for his motherâ€™s past through the translucent ,shoji ,screen of ancient literature and myth. ,Both works are replete with shocking juxtapositions. Severed heads become objects of erotic fixation. Foxes take on human shape. An aristocratic lady loves and pities the man she is conspiring to destroy. This supple translation reveals the full scope of Tanizakiâ€™s gift: his confident storytelling, luminous detail, and astonishingly vital female characters.
Cultural,Japan,Fiction,Asian Literature,Japanese Literature,Historical,Historical Fiction,Classics,Short Stories,Literature,Historical,Literary Fiction,Cultural,Asia
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi & Arrowroot