The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

The Makioka Sisters

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

498 pages first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
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This tale of domestic oppression centres on the once prosperous, now declining, Makiota family which is struggling to marry off one of their daughters. A portrait of a family and society striving to preserve their self-respect in the face of chang...

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