La gatta (Tascabili Narrativa)

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Atsuko Ricca Suga (editor)

112 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2024

About the author

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎) was a Japanese author, and one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki.

Some of his works present a rather shocking world of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions; others, less sensational, subtly portray the dynamics of family life in 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 constructions of "the West" and "Japanese tradition" are juxtaposed. The results are complex, ironic, demure, and provocative.

Reviews

[Ombretta]

Attorno alla gatta Lily, adorata dal suo padrone Shozo, si dipana il racconto di un intrigo familiare nato da tentativo di Shinako,ex moglie di Shozo, di riavvicinare l'uomo che l'ha abbandonata per sposare in seconde nozze una cugina. Tanizaki è maestro nel descrivere con talento la psicologia femminile, inclusa quella della gatta, animale caro alla cultura giapponese.