“The Tattoo” Junichiro Tanizaki (1910) Review | Early Tanizaki

★★★★★ Tanizaki’s debut novel, Tattoo, the eroticism and fetishism are already there. He depicts the woman’s true self by the beauty of her feet, and she is awaken. Yes that’s Tanizaki.

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The Tattoo
Junichiro Tanizaki, 1910
刺青 秘密
谷崎潤一郎
Japan
Read in 2020.04

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Tanizaki's debut novel, Tattoo (Tattooer, Shisei), the eroticism and fetishism that you find in his books are already there, established but still pretty raw in an exciting way.

He depicts the woman's true self by the beauty of her feet, and she is awaken.
Yes that's Tanizaki.

Kafu Nagai describes Tanizaki literature as "urban", so true, Tanizaki's characters have absolutely nothing to do with countryside poverty; posh boys, girls from good family, the world where there are only gentlemen and ladies, and the dark desires hiding in the beautiful world.
Yes that's Tanizaki.

 

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🔽 Where to buy / Summary and more info 🔽

●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●

The Tattoo and Other Stories

●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
TATTOO: Bilingual Literature in Easy Japanese and English
(I could only find this Easy version)

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
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