Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki (English) Paperback Book

Description: Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki, Kristen Roupenian A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit, and a Japanese classic Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady in an uninspiring marriage. They begin a passionate affair and Sonoko soon finds herself infatuated by Mitsuko, and ensnared in a web of sex, humiliation and deceit. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A seductive psychological thriller about of obsession and jealousy, and a Japanese classic - now with an introduction by Kristen Roupenian, author of Cat PersonA seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit, and a Japanese classicSonoko 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 Notes A startling novel from this master of Japanese fiction, dealing with obsessive love, corruption and beauty. Author Biography Junichiro Tanizaki was one of Japans greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the cosmopolitan Tokyo area until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region and became absorbed in Japans past.All his most important works were written after 1923, among them Some Prefer Nettles (1929), The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935), several modern versions of The Tale of Genji (1941, 1954 and 1965), The Makioka Sisters, The Key (1956) and Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961). He was awarded an Imperial Award for Cultural Merit in 1949 and in 1965 he was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the first Japanese writer to receive this honour. Tanizaki died later that same year. Review A riveting tale of malevolent corruption fatally masked by a terrible and deceptive beauty: fatal attraction in a 1920s Japanese setting * Kirkus Reviews *Quicksand reads like a mixture of James Cain and Vladimir Nabokov and teases us with forbidden pleasures * Washington Times *A harrowing black comedy of love and death * Chicago Tribune *Beautifully and mysteriously contrived * Newsday * Promotional A seductive psychological thriller about of obsession and jealousy, and a Japanese classic - now with an introduction by Kristen Roupenian, author of Cat Person Kirkus UK Review The narrator, Sonoko, a respectable young woman who is bored with her lawyer husband, embarks on a relationship with beautiful art student Mitsuko. Their liaison sets in motion a series of events that have far-reaching, eventually tragic consequences. Through her obsessive love for the clever, manipulative Mitsuko, Sonoko is drawn into a web of lies, secrecy and deception. Matters grow complex when Watanuki, Mitsukos handsome but impotent boyfriend, persuades Sonoko to enter into a pact with him whereby they agree to share Mitsukos love. But when Mitsuko refueses to marry him he becomes dangerously embittered and reveals all to Sonokos husband, who also falls under Mitsukos spell. Coaxing and threatening by turns, Mitsuko now exerts control over the lives of both Sonoko and her husband in order to test their devotion to her. They submit to her demands, seeking no other happiness but to see her. Set in Osaka, Japan, during the 1920s, this psychological drama epxlores the relationship between physical attraction and power. A compelling satisfyingly, complex story. (Kirkus UK) Review Text A riveting tale of malevolent corruption fatally masked by a terrible and deceptive beauty: fatal attraction in a 1920s Japanese setting Review Quote A riveting tale of malevolent corruption fatally masked by a terrible and deceptive beauty: fatal attraction in a 1920s Japanese setting Promotional "Headline" A seductive psychological thriller about of obsession and jealousy, and a Japanese classic - now with an introduction by Kristen Roupenian, author of Cat Person Details ISBN0099485613 Series Vintage classics Year 1994 ISBN-10 0099485613 ISBN-13 9780099485612 Format Paperback Publication Date 1994-11-17 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 895.6344 Media Book Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing Imprint Vintage Classics Pages 192 UK Release Date 1994-11-17 AU Release Date 1994-11-17 NZ Release Date 1994-11-17 Author Kristen Roupenian Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1970 Affiliation University of Memphis Position Novelist Qualifications PhD Audience General Alternative 9781407073903 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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