by Junichirô Tanizaki · Viena · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417998066
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In 'The Gourmet Club', Junichirô Tanizaki introduces us to five aristocrats who meet regularly to delight in exquisite dishes and comment on them in detail. This gastronomic society meets at the home of Count G. or in exotic restaurants, seeking to surprise their palates. However, over time, it becomes difficult to surprise them, and everything seems like a repetition of past experiences. The limits in the pursuit of pure pleasure and the price we are willing to pay for our obsessions are the central themes of this story, written in 1919. A bittersweet story about passion and consumption, where the risk of being consumed by our own passions is latent.
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.
