wyszukanych pozycji: 12
Quicksand
ISBN: 9780099485612 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. This work presents a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband.
Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. This work presents a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its the...
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50,87 zł |
The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man
ISBN: 9781400079001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all. In The Key, a middle-aged professor plies his wife of thirty years with any number of stimulants, from brandy to a handsome young lover, in order to reach new heights of pleasure. Their alternating diaries record their separate adventures, but whether for themselves or each other becomes the question. Diary of a Mad Old Man records, with alternating humor and sadness, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi's...
These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex ha...
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73,86 zł |
The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)
ISBN: 9781784875435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich with breathtaking descriptions of ancient customs and an ever-changing natural world, Junichiro Tanizaki evokes in loving detail a long-lost way of life even as it withers under the harsh glare of modernity.
In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, per...
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66,14 zł |
The Key
ISBN: 9780099289999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A diary of a middle-aged man who is in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other's desires ...until the day Ikuko discovers her husband's diary with its desperate hints of jealousy and voyeurism. Ikuko realises she has found the key to his very soul.
A diary of a middle-aged man who is in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of ...
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50,87 zł |
Der Schlüssel
ISBN: 9783036961590 / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Ein raffinierter Tagebuchroman von einem der bedeutendsten Autoren Japans, über die dunkle Seite der Sexualität, die Leser auch heute noch in Bann zieht. »Der Schlüssel« ist die Geschichte einer langjährigen Ehe, die von Frust und mangelnder Leidenschaft geprägt ist. Als der Schlüssel zu einem geheimen Tagebuch auftaucht, kommen die unterdrückten Obsessionen und Sehnsüchte ans Licht, mit fatalen Folgen. »Ich schreibe dies nieder, weil ich es nicht mehr ertrage, nicht direkt mit ihr über die Intimitäten unseres Schlafzimmers sprechen zu können. Von nun an werde ich ohne...
Ein raffinierter Tagebuchroman von einem der bedeutendsten Autoren Japans, über die dunkle Seite der Sexualität, die Leser auch heute noch in Bann z...
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58,83 zł |
The Makioka Sisters
ISBN: 9780749397104 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Tells the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. This title presents a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, it lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life.
Tells the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. This title presents a loving and nostalgic recreation of...
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55,97 zł |
The Secret History of The Lord of Musashi
ISBN: 9780099283171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. Musashi deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. Arrowroot also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the uniquely Japanese form of the essay novel.
Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. Musashi deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. Arrowroot also touches on the pu...
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50,87 zł |
In Praise of Shadows: Vintage Design Edition
ISBN: 9781784875572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizakis wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture.
‘We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.’ This book is in fact a portal. Reading it, you will be led by Junichiro Tanizaki’s light touch into a mysterious and tranquil world of darkness and shadows, where gold flashes in the gloom and a deep stillness reigns. If you are accustomed to equate light with clarity, the... A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizakis wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture.
‘We find beauty not ... |
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66,14 zł |
Some Prefer Nettles
ISBN: 9780099283379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, and attempts to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. The result is a conflict between ancient and modern, young and old.
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien ...
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45,78 zł |
A Cat, A Man, and Two Women
ISBN: 9780811224499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The three pieces in this collection--the novella -A Cat, A Man, and Two Women- and two shorter pieces -The Little Kingdom- and -Professor Rado---are lighthearted and entertaining variations on one of Tanizaki's favorite preoccupations: dominance and submission in relationships, complicated even further here by customs, public opinion, and comic grotesqueries. In the title piece, the bumbling Shozo is caught in the middle of an ongoing struggle between his ex-wife and her younger successor. Shozo would prefer to stay out of it and be peacefully left alone with his elegant tortoiseshell cat...
The three pieces in this collection--the novella -A Cat, A Man, and Two Women- and two shorter pieces -The Little Kingdom- and -Professor Rado---are l...
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70,93 zł |
Devils in Daylight
ISBN: 9780811228756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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50,87 zł |