Some Prefer Nettles

by Tanizaki, Junichiro | Fiction & related items
Published 01/02/2001 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 160 pages
198 x 130 x 11mm | 124g

The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the arms of others, they contemplate the humiliation of divorce. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, and so attempts to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the time-honoured Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. The result is an absorbing, chilling conflict between ancient and modern, young and old.