much English-language commentary about this book including the description right here on GR, focuses on the aspects of this book dealing with Japan's embrace of the West. this phenomenon is only exaggerated by the English title of 痴人の愛 , which is "a fool's love." unfortunately, Tanizaki's preoccupat...
The obvious high-concept pitch for this book to an English-speaking audience is "the Jane Austen of pre-WWII Japan". It's not completely accurate–the similarities are evident from the beginning, but divergences swiftly accumulate–but by then you're hooked, which is the point of a high-concept pitch...
This book wasn't bad but I didn't enjoy it. It's well-written and not boring or anything but I didn't like either the subject matter or the characters. There wasn't a single person I could relate to or that I remotely enjoyed reading about. This does make me want to try another book by Tanizaki thou...
This book wasn't bad but I didn't enjoy it. It's well-written and not boring or anything but I didn't like either the subject matter or the characters. There wasn't a single person I could relate to or that I remotely enjoyed reading about. This does make me want to try another book by Tanizaki thou...
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