{"product_id":"the-makioka-sisters-by-junichiro-tanizaki-1983","title":"The makioka sisters by junichiro Tanizaki 1983","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e The makioka sisters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e junichiro Tanizaki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrative Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e History,World literature \u0026amp; Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Language:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\/Region of Manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntended Audience:\u003c\/strong\u003e Young Adults,Adults\u003c\/p\u003eThe makioka sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki 1983\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCondition;\u003cbr\u003eCreasing to the spine\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGeneral wear and tear\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eName on the inner page\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eIn Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life that is vanishing. As told by Junichiro Tanizaki, the story of the Makioka sisters forms what is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century, a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family–and an entire society–sliding into the abyss of modernity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eTsuruko, the eldest sister, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances. Filled with vignettes of upper-class Japanese life and capturing both the decorum and the heartache of its protagonist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eThe Makioka Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e is a classic of international literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Reading Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49152927400245,"sku":"2920","price":15.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/2088\/9653\/files\/57_292fb392-1d3b-49d7-ad13-302f9265994f.jpg?v=1714915415","url":"https:\/\/thereadingcornerau.myshopify.com\/products\/the-makioka-sisters-by-junichiro-tanizaki-1983","provider":"The Reading Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}