The Siren's Lament: Essential Stories

Lavishly opulent stories of sensual obsession, cultural heritage, and mythological creatures--translated into English for the first time--from a classic Japanese writer

Featuring "The Qilin," "The Siren's Lament," and the novella Killing O-Tsuya, this gorgeous new edition of 3 classic works translated by Bryan Karetnyk distills the essence of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the co-mingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the chillingly dark side of desire, and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved.

• "The Qilin" The sage Confucius travels to a kingdom ruled by a struggling duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by his consort's obsession desire for pleasure.
• Killing O-Tsuya A na?e servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption.
• "The Siren's Lament" Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself in possession of a dazzling, beguiling mermaid.

The essential short works of one of the most important and widely-read figured in modern Japanese literature, author of hugely popular works including In Praise of Shadows, The Makioka Sisters, and Naomi; renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity.

Author: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 09/26/2023
Series: Essential Stories
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 6.38h x 4.65w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781782278092