Wind and Stone

by Masaaki Tachihara

Overview

Mizue is a Japanese housewife. Kase is a garden designer hired by her husband to landscape their home. As the garden takes shape, Mizue wakens to a new sensuality and desire. A disturbing tale of seduction, based on Japanese aesthetics and the artistic pursuit of destructive beauty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780962813771
Publisher:	Stone Bridge Press
Publication date:	07/01/1998
Series:	Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature Series
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	408,354
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tachihara (1926-1980) was born the son of a Zen priest in Taegu, Korea, and grew up studying the arts of medieval Japan, expecially literature and the Noh theater. A resident of Kamakura, he wrote novels and short stories, as well as a collection of essays on the Japanese garden. In 1961 he was awarded the Naoki Prize for Fiction.