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The Makioka sisters

Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family's kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and a po...

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Main Author: Tanizaki, Junichirō, 1886-1965
Other Authors: Seidensticker, Edward G. (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage International, [1957], 1995.
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Sisters > Japan > Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises > Japan > Fiction.
Japan > Social life and customs > Fiction.
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Summary:Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family's kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs.
Physical Description:530 pages
ISBN:9780679761648
Author Notes:Jun'ichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 24, 1886. He was a modern Japanese novelist, whose writing is characterized by eroticism and ironic wit. His novels include Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters, The Key, and Diary of a Mad Old Man. In 1949, he won the Asahi Prize and was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government. He died of a heart attack on July 30, 1965.

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