by Junichirô Tanizaki · Debols¡llo · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499892467
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Immerse yourself in the disturbing story of Mrs. Kakiuchi, a woman from Osaka whose widowhood hides a plot of obsessive love, deception and deliberate evil. In this novel by Junichirō Tanizaki, humiliation becomes the central theme, with the affable husband as the victim. The seductive and manipulative Mitsuko, a Fine Arts student, emerges as one of the author's most extraordinary female characters, enslaving those around her with her corrupting beauty. A mixture of James M. Cain and Vladimir Nabokov; the prose of Quicksand manages to arouse forbidden pleasures.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work range from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently, his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which the West and Japanese tradition are juxtaposed.
