by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070705870
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«Le goût des orties» is the novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki published by Gallimard in 1986 in paperback, 277 pages, in French.
«Le goût des orties» presents Kaname, a westernized and rootless Japanese man who has broken with the cultural and religious tradition of his country. Divided between the modernity he has adopted and the past represented by his heritage, his story reflects the conflict between two worlds.
The novel belongs to Gallimard's L'Imaginaire collection, number 161. The work was originally published in 1928 as Tade kuu mushi. The translation is by Kazuo Anzaï and Sylvie Regnault-Gatier.
For readers of Japanese literature and classic twentieth-century fiction interested in the clash between tradition and modernity.
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.
