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.
it's really not my cup of tea. 与其说淡雅,莫过于是品尝一杯反复冲泡三四十道的茶。想起他的颜值,读过的往期作品,加上这一本很薄,忍着不适看到了最后一行。作者特别任性,写得放飞自我十足自由,但作为一个想读出些韵味的小读者,实在是接受不了——再好的文笔,在平淡的剧情里仍然无法接受,让我怀疑这本是否是写了让我忍不住二刷三刷的《贤者之爱》原著痴人之爱,细雪的大作家所出。写到这儿似乎有点体味到回甘的感觉——是不是在用白描手法简单画出人物不羁性情,而其他的色彩等着读者用想象力去填补呢?就像是品尝菜肴,低端菜重调料,而高端菜品的是食材本身的鲜味。但——仍然觉得这盘白灼菜心少了几滴油,出锅时青菜的蔫了些,不够鲜亮。