Tanizaki Jun’ichirō is one of Japan’s most famous authors. His stature, not hindered by a Nobel Prize nomination in 1964, has only grown over time as his elegant stories of hidden desires and power in Japanese society and family life were translated into many different languages. Tanizaki turned his hand to novels, plays, and even screenplays for early Japanese film, but novellas and short stories were his staple.
Tanizaki studied literature at university in the early years of the twentieth century, but dwindling finances meant that his focus turned to writing as a means of support. His initial plays and short stories received public acclaim, but it was in the..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">