The Makioka Sisters
by Junichiro Tanizaki (Author), Edward G. Seidensticker (translated from the Japanese by)
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399505202
- ISBN 13
- 9780399505201
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Perigee/ P.G. Putnum's Sons, 1981. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Kimmerle Milnazik (Cover Illustration by), David Gatti ( Hand Lettering by). 530 pp. Solidly bound copy wtih moderate use. Dj has cuts and tears around cover. Pen marking on inside back cover.
Synopsis
The outstanding Japanese novelist of the century...The Makioka Sisters is his greatest book' Edmund White, New York Times Book ReviewTanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, Tanizaki lays bare the sinews of pride, and brings a vanished era to vibrant life.
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- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6vAg0033
- Title
- The Makioka Sisters
- Author
- Junichiro Tanizaki (Author), Edward G. Seidensticker (translated from the Japanese by)
- Illustrator
- Kimmerle Milnazik (Cover Illustration by), David Gatti ( Hand Lettering by)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399505202
- ISBN 13
- 9780399505201
- Publisher
- Perigee/ P.G. Putnum's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Literature
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...