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Quicksand

Quicksand( )
Author: Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro
Introduction by: Roupenian, Kristen
Series title:Vintage Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-09-948561-2
Publication Date:Feb 1995
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Arrow
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit, and a Japanese classic 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 and Sonoko soon finds herself infatuated by Mitsuko, and ensnared in a web of sex, humiliation and deceit. With an...
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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.8 x 1.7 cm
Book Weight:0.142 Kilograms
Author Biography
Tanizaki, Jun'Ichiro (Author)
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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