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  In Praise of Shadows (Vintage Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

  

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  Short Description for In Praise of ShadowsPresents an essay on aesthetics by one of the Japanese novelists. This text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines a sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.
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  • Publisher: VINTAGE
  • Published: 03 May 2001
  • Format: Paperback 80 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: General | Contemporary Fiction | Miscellaneous Items | Philosophy: Aesthetics
  • ISBN 13: 9780099283577 ISBN 10: 0099283573
  • Sales rank: 4,478

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Full description for In Praise of Shadows

• This is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age.