Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Some Prefer Nettles

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Yrjö Kivimies (Translator), Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

202 pages first pub 1928 (view editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Junichiro Tanizaki's Some Prefer Nettles is an exquisitely nuanced exploration of the allure of ancient Japanese tradition--and the profound disquiet that accompanied its passing. It is the 1920s in Tokyo, and Kaname and his wife Misako are trapp...

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