Junichiro Tanizaki

Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. 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.

‘An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade…I’d put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century’ David Mitchell ‘A near-perfect novel’ Hanya Yanagihara 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, […]