Junichiro Tanizaki: The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series): Junichiro Tanizaki (Vintage Classic Japanese Series) [2019] paperback COOK Surrealists and pioneering abstraction

Surrealists and pioneering abstraction

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'A magnetic mix of creepy places

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the remains of a 13th-century defence tower discovered in the 1990s along with the skulls of a number of young men whose heads had been displayed on spikes) - Religious buildings (from Christ Church to the burial place of St Valentine) - The buildings involved in the 1916 Rising (including the Royal College of Surgeons

Junichiro Tanizaki: The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series): Junichiro Tanizaki (Vintage Classic Japanese Series) [2019] paperback COOK Surrealists and pioneering abstraction'An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David Mitchell 'A near perfect novel' Hanya Yanagihara In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and Ashiya, and each navigate their own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the Makioka family name. Rich with breathtaking descriptions of ancient