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portada The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels (Vintage International)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Weight
1
ISBN
0375719318
ISBN13
9780375719318

The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels (Vintage International)

Junichiro Tanizaki (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels (Vintage International) - Junichiro Tanizaki

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Synopsis "The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot: Two Novels (Vintage International) "

From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi, Junichir Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. Arrowroot, though set in the twentieth century, views an adult orphan’s search for his mother’s past through the translucent shoji screen of ancient literature and myth. Both works are replete with shocking juxtapositions. Severed heads become objects of erotic fixation. Foxes take on human shape. An aristocratic lady loves and pities the man she is conspiring to destroy. This supple translation reveals the full scope of Tanizaki’s gift: his confident storytelling, luminous detail, and astonishingly vital female characters.
Junichiro Tanizaki
  (Author)
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Tanizaki Junichiro (Tokio, 1886-1965), piedra angular de la literatura contemporánea japonesa y eterno candidato al premio Nobel, cursó estudios literarios en la Universidad Imperial. Autor fundamental para el entendimiento mutuo entre Oriente y Occidente, conoció en profundidad la literatura occidental y se dejó empapar por su influencia: Poe, Baudelaire y sobre todo Oscar Wilde. En su etapa inicial destacan obras imprecindibles como El amor de un idiota y Arenas movedizas. Al final de la década de 1920, Tanizaki se trasladó a Kansai, donde descubrió la cultura clásica nipona y la belleza del Japón premoderno. Publicó por entonces La historia de un ciego, Sobre Shunkin y La vida enmascarada del señor de Musashi, obras que beben de la tradición japonesa clásica. Durante la guerra, sufrió la censura en trabajos como Las hermanas Makioka, que se convertirá en uno de los grandes éxitos de posguerra. En 1949 recibió la Orden del Mérito Cultural en reconocimiento a su labor literaria. Prolífico escritor, Tanizaki continuó trabajando de manera incansable hasta su muerte.
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