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Quicksand

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett

1928·176 pages
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9781407073903

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A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit - and a Japanese queer classic. Sonoko must tell her story. Listen and decide for yourself. 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 but as Sonoko’s infatuation with Mitsuko deepens, she finds herself sinking ever-further into a quicksand of sex, humiliation and deceit. ‘A riveting tale of malevolent corruption fatally masked by a terrible and deceptive beauty’ Kirkus Reviews ‘Classic Tanizaki...exuberant storytelling within a multi-layered narrative of sexual obsession’ Japan Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KRISTEN ROUPENIAN

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