In praise of shadows / Jun'ichiro Tanizaki ; translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker.

By:

Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro, 1886-1965 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Language: English Series: Vintage classics | Vintage classicsLondon : Vintage, 2001Description: 73 pages : 20 cm. color illustrationContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780099283577 (paperback)

Subject(s):

Aesthetics

LOC classification:

BH 39 .T36 2001

Summary: An essay on aesthetics. It explores architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	American University in Dubai	American University in Dubai	Non-fiction	Main Collection	BH 39 .T36 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	5166036

An essay on aesthetics. It explores architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.

Translated from the Japanese.

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