Quicksand

Author(s)

• 谷崎, 潤一郎 タニザキ, ジュンイチロウ

Bibliographic Information

Quicksand

Junichirō Tanizaki ; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett

（Vintage classics）

Vintage, 1994

• : pbk

Other Title

Manji

卍

Note

"This translation is based on the ChuoKoron Sha, Inc. edition of Manji, published in Japan in 1947. Manji was serialized in Kaizo in 1928-30"--T.p. verso

"First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited in 1994"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit, and a Japanese classic Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady in an uninspiring marriage. When she decides to take an art class in town she meets the extraordinary Mitsuko, a woman as beautiful and charismatic as she is cunning. They begin a passionate affair and Sonoko soon finds herself infatuated by Mitsuko, and ensnared in a web of sex, humiliation and deceit. With an introduction by Kristen Roupenian, author of 'Cat Person'

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB01243723
• ISBN:
  • 9780099485612
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 224 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 895.6443
  • NDC9 : 913.6
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12719588