Quicksand
Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. it is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre - seductive, manipulating,...
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Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. But her story is unsettlingly at odds with her image. it is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. At is centre - seductive, manipulating, enslaving - is one of Tanizaki's most extraordinary characters, the beautiful and corrupt art student Mitsuko.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781407073903 (1407073907)
Publish date: June 16th 2010
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Sexuality,
Japan,
Glbt,
Queer,
Japanese Literature