Naomi

Name: Naomi
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ISBN: 9780375724749

ISBN-10: 0375724745

ISBN-13: 9780375724749

Edition: N/A

Authors: Junichiro Tanizaki

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Description:

Na-o-mi. The three syllables of this name, unusual in 1920s Japan, captivate a 28-year-old engineer, who soon becomes infatuated with the girl so named, a teenaged café waitress. Drawn to her Eurasian features and innocent demeanor, Joji is eager to whisk young Naomi away from the seamy underbelly of post—World War I Tokyo and to mold her into his ideal wife. But when the two come together to indulge their shared passion for Western culture, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from being the naïve girl of his fantasies, and his passion descends into a comically helpless masochism. A literary masterpiece that helped to establish Junichiro Tanizaki as Japan's greatest novelist, Naomi is both a…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.95" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English