In these seven stories, Tanizaki, the author of The
Makioka Sisters explores the territory where love becomes
self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to
fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of refined
cruelty. A young man is erotically imprisoned by the memory of his
mother. A tattoo artist transforms the body of an exquisite woman
into a teeming canvas of her inner nature. A beautiful blind
musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who both her
lover and her disciple. These and other gripping scenar-ios of
possession are told with such poise that Seven Japanese Tales is
guaranteed to fascinate frorn begining to end, leaving a haunting
impression on the reader.
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