The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)
The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the modern Japanese tradition. In the story, a tattoo artist inscribes a giant spider on the body of a beautiful young woman. Afterwards, the woman's beauty takes on a demonic, compelling power, in which eroticism is combined with sado-masochism. The story foreshadows many of the archetypes which reappear in many of Tanizaki's later works.
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The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)
The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the modern Japanese tradition. In the story, a tattoo artist inscribes a giant spider on the body of a beautiful young woman. Afterwards, the woman's beauty takes on a demonic, compelling power, in which eroticism is combined with sado-masochism. The story foreshadows many of the archetypes which reappear in many of Tanizaki's later works.
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The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)

The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)

by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)

The Tattooer (Japanese Edition)

by Junichiro Tanizaki

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The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the modern Japanese tradition. In the story, a tattoo artist inscribes a giant spider on the body of a beautiful young woman. Afterwards, the woman's beauty takes on a demonic, compelling power, in which eroticism is combined with sado-masochism. The story foreshadows many of the archetypes which reappear in many of Tanizaki's later works.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784351267
Publisher: Jiahu Books
Publication date: 02/14/2015
Edition description: Japanese-language Edition
Pages: 116
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.28(d)
Language: Japanese
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