Junichiro Tanizaki

Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two

A husband and wife each write in their diary, never knowing if it is being read by the other. Ikuko and her husband are deeply in love but have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other’s desires. When Ikuko finds the key to her hus

Two or three times a day I think to myself: maybe I’ll die today. While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body. Though impotent and in pain he notes down

W dniu śmierci Buddy, o godzinie śmierci Diany, na łusce na północ od Neptuna trzeba tego dokonać własnymi rękami. Co kryje się za tymi słowami i jaki związek z zagadką ma znany pisarz i jego nieco ekscentryczny przyjaciel? W "Diabłach w b

An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food,

Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady in an uninspiring marriage. When she decides to take an art class in town she meets the extraordinary Mitsuko, a woman as beautiful and charismatic as she is cunning. They begin a passionate affair a

Dziennik szalonego starca – jak wskazuje sam tytuł – jest zabawną, ale też wzruszającą powieścią o zmaganiach starego człowieka ze swoim ciałem. Tematem powieści jest walka ze starością i śmiercią, walka, która nadaje sens życiu, które prze

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 rite

Kaname’s marriage is disintegrating.  It is the 1920s in Tokyo and he and his wife, Misako, are trapped in a parody of a progressive Western marriage. He escapes into the arms of a lover, whilst closing his eyes to the likelihood that his w

Hailed as the greatest Japanese novel of the Twentieth century, THE MAKIOKA SISTERS is a subtle tale of domestic oppression worthy of Balzac or Chekhov, In this saga of the once prosperous but now declining Makioka family struggling to marr

Klucz to jedno z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych dzieł Tanizakiego Jun'ichiro (pierwsze wydanie w 1957 roku). Powieść ta oparta jest na zapisach dwóch dzienników (żony i męża) prowadzonych potajemnie, opisujących ich skomplikowane życie rodzinn

In Praise of Shadows

In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich with breathtaking

Miłość głupca to jedna z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych powieści Tanizakiego Jun'ichiro, która od imienia głównej bohaterki zrodziła w Japonii pojęcie naomizmu. Tragikomiczna farsa z morałem o pewnym Pigmalionie, więźniu własnego dzieła – gdzi