Œuvres, Tome I

This first tome of collected works by Junichiro Tanizaki spans his entire writing career and reveals the tension between Japan's rapid westernization and the vestiges of a now-obsolete refinement. The book's main theme is the relationship between men and women, or the tension between flesh and ideal. With thirty-four stories, including sixteen never before translated into French, readers will gain a better understanding of Tanizaki's evolution as a writer and the coherence of his body of work.