Quicksand

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

A startling novel from this master of Japanese fiction, dealing with obsessive love, corruption and beauty.

A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit - and a Japanese queer classic. Sonoko must tell her story. Listen and decide for yourself.

Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady in an uninspiring marriage. When she decides to take an art class in town she meets the extraordinary Mitsuko, a woman as beautiful and charismatic as she is cunning. They begin a passionate affair but as Sonoko's infatuation with Mitsuko deepens, she finds herself sinking ever-further into a quicksand of sex, humiliation and deceit.

'A riveting tale of malevolent corruption fatally masked by a terrible and deceptive beauty' Kirkus Reviews

'Classic Tanizaki...exuberant storytelling within a multi-layered narrative of sexual obsession' Japan Times

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KRISTEN ROUPENIAN

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780099485612
Published: November 1994

Number of pages: 192
Width: 130 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 12 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing