Longing and Other Stories by Jun'ichico Tanizaki

 Longing and Other Stories

by Jun'ichico Tanizaki Translated by Anthony H.Chambers and Paul McCarthy is a new short-tale book published by Columbia University Press.Jun'ichico Tanizaki is one of the most prominent important writer of the past century. The three short tales published in this book are part of the first period of writings of the beloved Japanese author. 

The first short story, Longing, is about the fantastic journey of a boy, ended with a striking revelation. The second short tale, Sorrows of a Heretic, is the story of a pretty poor student of an university, aspiring novelist.The third story, The Story of an Unhappy Mother, pretty intense and revelating, it is based on sense of guilty, and sad and abrupt departures. In this case characters thought too much on the sense of the actions of the other beloved one, jumping at radical conclusions.

Jun'ichico Tanizaki explores with great intensity and fascination families and inner voices hidden in every person.

Highly recommended.

I thank Columbia University Press for thephysical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori