{"product_id":"naomi-paperback-1","title":"Naomi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJunichiro Tanizaki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious story of one man's obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation's cultural confusion--from a master Japanese novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance. Determined to transform her into the perfect wife and to whisk her away from the seamy underbelly of post-World War I Tokyo, Joji adopts and ultimately marries Naomi, paying for English and music lessons that promise to mold her into his ideal companion. But as she grows older, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from the naïve girl of his fantasies. And, in Tanizaki's masterpiece of lurid obsession, passion quickly descends into comically helpless masochism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNa-o-mi. The three syllables of this name, unusual in 1920s Japan, captivate a 28-year-old engineer, who soon becomes infatuated with the girl so named, a teenaged cafe waitress. Drawn to her Eurasian features and innocent demeanor, Joji is eager to whisk young Naomi away from the seamy underbelly of post--World War I Tokyo and to mold her into his ideal wife. But when the two come together to indulge their shared passion for Western culture, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from being the naive girl of his fantasies, and his passion descends into a comically helpless masochism. \u003cbr\u003eA literary masterpiece that helped to establish Junichiro Tanizaki as Japan's greatest novelist, Naomi\" is both a hilarious story of one man's obsession and torment, and a brilliant evocation of a nation's cultural confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUNICHIRO TANIZAKI was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived in the city until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of one of his most well-known novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Makioka Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e (1943-48). The author of over twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eNaomi\u003c\/i\u003e (1924), \u003ci\u003eSome Prefer Nettles\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), \u003ci\u003eArrowroot\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of Shunkin\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), Tanizaki also published translations of the Japanese classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e in 1941, 1954, and 1965. Several of his novels, including \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eThe Key\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), and \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Mad Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) were made into movies. He was awarded Japan's Imperial Prize in Literature in 1949, and in 1965 he became the first Japanese writer to be elected as an honorary member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Tanizaki died in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.14 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227913765113,"sku":"9780375724749","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dTZRMmhXTGxYeUljcnBrMk1WWGhqZz09_0cf86471-c05b-4012-abdf-34ab4eef67ca.webp?v=1768285761","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/naomi-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}