A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

Name: A Cat, a Man, and Two Women
Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Author: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
ISBN: 9780811224499

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Paul McCarthy

3.9

(10 ratings)

188 pages1936New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN 9780811224499

Japan Fiction Classics japanese literature

About this book

A novella and two shorter pieces are variations on a favorite theme: dominance and submission in private relationships. The "man" in the title piece is a typical Tanizaki hero caught up in a war between his former wife and her willful young successor. "The little kingdom" describes the shifting relationship between a hard-pressed schoolteacher and a small but indomitable pupil determined to establish his own rule. The book ends with a sly portrait of a self-important academic, seen from the point of view of a journalist. In a series of interviews where the professor responds to questions merely with grunts the journalist discovers a scandalous hidden side.

Publication Details

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 1936
Pages: 188
ISBN: 9780811224499
Language: en

About Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

> Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work ranges from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within 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. >He was one of six authors on the final shortlist for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, the year before his death. --- [From Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%27ichir%C5%8D_Tanizaki)