In praise of shadows

Author(s)

• 谷崎, 潤一郎 タニザキ, ジュンイチロウ
• Harper, Thomas J.
• Seidensticker, Edward

Bibliographic Information

In praise of shadows

Junichirō Tanizaki ; translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker

（A Vintage book）

Vintage, 2001, c1977

• : pbk

Note

"First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Jonathan Cape"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The result is a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age. 'Elegant...a delight to read' Independent on Sunday

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB01242753
• ISBN:
  • 9780099283577
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 73 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 111.85
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aesthetics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00909495