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The Secret History of The Lord of Musashi

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These two novellas by the inimitable Tanizaki were among his favourites.

The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi recounts the dark sexual obsessions of a sixteenth-century warlord, accidentally initiated in his youth into the morbid rites attendant upon battle. Based on invented documents that overlap with historical reality, the story unfolds a masterly balance of irony and melodrama, elegance and brutality.

Arrowroot also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a very different mode. Cast in the uniquely Japanese form of the ‘essay novel’, the narrative blends the stories of two friends on an expedition into the mountains south of Kyoto, one of them following the traces of a medieval myth, the other in search of a more recent, private past.

‘After 20 years of writing novels in a fairly orthodox style, Tanizaki fused two interests - traditional Japanese storytelling and experimental narrative – into a unique style’ New York

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Authors:
Tanizaki, Junichiro
Year Published:
2001
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780099283171
Number of Pages:
192
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Date:
01/02/2001
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Publication Date:
01/02/2001
Language:
English
SKU:
9780099283171

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