Red roofs and other stories
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ; translated by Anthony Chambers and Paul McCarthy
Contributors: McCarthy, Paul, 1944- translator; Chambers, Anthony H. (Anthony Hood), translator
Series: Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies -- 79; Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies -- 79.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780472073276; 9780472053278
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965), the author of Naomi; A Cat, a Man, and Two Women; and The Makioka Sisters, was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The four stories in this volume date from the first and second decades of Tanizaki's long career and reflect themes that appear throughout his work: exoticism, sexuality, sadomasochism, contrasts between traditional and modern societies, disparities between appearance and reality, the power of dreams, amorality, an interest in cinema, and a fascination with the techniques of storytelling. The stories--translated into English here for the first time--are: "The Strange Case of Tomoda and Matsunaga" ("Tomoda to Matsunaga no hanashi," 1926), "A Night in Qinhuai" ("Shinwai no yo," 1919), "The Magician" ("Majutsushi," 1917), and "Red Roofs" ("Akai yane," 1925)"--
Notes: Translation from the Japanese of: Tomoda to Matsunag no hanashi, Shinwai no yo, Majutsushi, and Akai yane.
Table of contents: title: The strange case of Tomoda and Matsunaga --; title: A night in Qinhuai --; title: Th magician --; title: Red roofs.