The Makioka Sisters - Paperback

Name: The Makioka Sisters - Paperback
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SKU: 9780679761648
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by Junichiro Tanizaki

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Book Overview

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.

ISBN	9780679761648
Author	Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher	Vintage
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	September 1995
Language	ENG- English
Pages	544
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print