Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

The Secret History Of the Lord Of Musashi
[Paperback - 2001]
junichiro tanizaki
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Vintage Classics Uk | ISBN: 9780099283171 | Pages: 192
Shipping Weight: .138 | Dimensions: null
Notify

Description

These two short novels, published in the early 1930 s ranked high in Tanizaki s own estimation of his work. The contrast is stark, but in their controlled complexities of tone, both bear the unmistakable stamp of Tanizaki s hand. The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi deals with the dark sexual obsessions of a sixteenth-century warlord, accidentally initiated in his youth into the morbid rites attendant upon battle. Based on invented documents that overlap with historical reality, the story unfolds a masterly balance of irony and melodrama, elegance and brutality, civilised ritual and vengeful barbarity.

Arrowroot too touches on the pursuit of legend. The narrative blends the stories of two friends on an expedition into the mountains south of Kyoto, one of them haunting the traces of a medieval myth, the other in search of a more recent and more private past.

About the Author

Junichiro Tanizaki was one of Japan s greatest twentienth century novelists. Born in 1886 in Tokyo, his first published work - a one-act play - appeared in 1910 in a literary magazine he helped to found. Tanizaki lived in the cosmopolitan Tokyo area until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region and became absorbed in Japan s past.

All his most important works were written after 1923, among them Some Prefer Nettles (1929), The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935), several modern versions of The Tale of Genji (1941, 1954 and 1965), The Makioka Sisters, The Key (1956) and Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961). He was awarded an Imperial Award for Cultural Merit in 1949 and in 1965 he was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the first Japanese writer to receive this honour. Tanizaki died later that same year.

Also by the Same Author

View All
In Praise Of Shadows (Translation)
[Paperback - 2001]
junichiro tanizaki
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: Rs.1645 Rs.1480
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.165
The Makioka Sisters
[Paperback - 2019]
junichiro tanizaki
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2795 Rs.2515
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.280
The Makioka Sisters: Junichiro Tanizaki (Translation)
[Hardback - 1993]
junichiro tanizaki
In Stock
List Price: £16.99
Our Price: Rs.4145 Rs.3730
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.415
Some Prefer Nettles
[Paperback - 1995]
junichiro tanizaki
Out of Stock
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $15
Our Price: Rs.1845 Rs.1660
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.185
Some Prefer Nettles
[Paperback - 2001]
junichiro tanizaki
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.1945 Rs.1750
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.195
The Key And Diary Of A Mad Old Man (2 Novels) (Translation)
[Paperback - 1993]
junichiro tanizaki
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $16.95
Our Price: Rs.2595 Rs.2206
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.389
Naomi (Translation)
[Paperback - 2001]
junichiro tanizaki
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $16
Our Price: Rs.2595 Rs.2206
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.389
Quicksand
[Paperback - 1994]
junichiro tanizaki
On Demand
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2095 Rs.1781
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.314
The Makioka Sisters
[Paperback - 2019]
junichiro tanizaki
On Demand
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.3045 Rs.2588
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.457
Seven Japanese Tales
[Paperback - 1996]
junichiro tanizaki
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $17
Our Price: Rs.2995 Rs.2546
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.449

Bestsellers in Fiction

View All
Before The Coffee Gets Cold: Before The Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)
[Paperback - 2019]
toshikazu kawaguchi
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2295 Rs.2065
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.230
A Little Life: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2016]
hanya yanagihara
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2021]
taylor jenkins reid
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
The Secret History: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 1993]
donna tartt
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
Book Lovers: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2022]
emily henry
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
The Atlas Six: The Atlas Six Series (Book 1) Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2022]
olivie blake
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Twisted Games: Twisted Love (Book 2) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2295 Rs.2065
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.230
It Ends With Us: It Ends With Us (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2016]
colleen hoover
In Stock
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Twisted Love: Twisted Love (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
King Of Wrath: Kings Of Sin (Book 1)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2245 Rs.2020
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.225
Final Offer: Dreamland Billionaires (Book 3) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2023]
lauren asher
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Icebreaker: The Maple Hills Series (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2023]
hannah grace
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240