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X, Meg Xuemei
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Fiction
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2014
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Silver Wheel Publishing
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English
β 143 KB
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The Siren's Lament
β Scribed by Jun'Inchiro Tanizaki
- Book ID
- 111997152
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781782278108
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Lavishly opulent stories of sensual obsession, cultural heritage, and mythological creatures --translated into English for the first time--from a classic Japanese writer
Featuring "The Qilin," "The Siren's Lament," and the novella Killing O-Tsuya , this gorgeous new edition of 3 classic works translated by Bryan Karetnyk distills the essence of Jun'ichirΕ Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the co-mingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the chillingly dark side of desire, and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved.
- "The Qilin": The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's obsession desire for pleasure.
- Killing O-Tsuya : A naive servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption.
- "The Siren's...
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