The Tattoo and Other Stories

"Tanizaki writes with an unabashed sensuality. Even his lighter-hearted fictions…make us hold our breath, and the endings don't let us quite exhale." —John Updike in The New Yorker

"Tanizaki's literature is, above all, delicious, like French or Chinese cuisine." —Yukio Mishima

"For the sheer entertainment value of a good story well told, none can match Tanizaki." —The Globe and Mail

This dazzling collection of short fiction by literary master Junichiro Tanizaki features three stories that appe...