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Edmund White recommended The Makioka Sisters in Books (curated)

 
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki | 2010 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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"The deepest and most thrilling of all Japanese novels, which embodies the refined sensibility and historical burden of a nation just on the cusp of World War II. The novels of Kawabata, the Nobel prizewinner, are also dear to my heart, especially the Sound of the Mountain."

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