The Siren's Lament - Junichiro Tanizaki Ineke van den Elskamp thrown from a moving car

thrown from a moving car

goddesses and warriors

and a place in society

Terwijl ze een wirwar van tegenstrijdige lokale verhalen en flagrante verzinsels doorploegt

The Siren's Lament - Junichiro Tanizaki Ineke van den Elskamp thrown from a moving carThe sage Confucius visits a cultured duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by the desires of his dazzling, malicious consort. A nave servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption. Exhausted by a lifestyle of never ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself obsessed with a sorrowful, beguiling mermaid. These three stories, in a gorgeous new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, distil