The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series) by Junichiro Tanizaki

The Makioka Sisters (Vintage Classics Japanese Series) by Junichiro TanizakiVINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS following on from the success of Vintage Russian Classics and European Classics, these are covetable new editions of the best Japanese writers on the Vintage list 'An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David Mitchell 'A near perfect novel' Hanya Yanagihara In the years leading up to the Second World War, four sisters live in dilapidated

Alice Anderson was considered nothing less than a national treasure

to performing with Aunty Donna and her own sell-out comedy shows

who famously transformed her own personal suffering into art

Her father fears for her safety to an extraordinary degree - but why

and Maya Angelou

Anna Goldsworthy recreates the world of Adelaide half a century ago

} Following his 'resurrection walk' and need for a new direction

' Jennie Godfrey

In her loving portrait of community life in Dja Dja Wurrung Country

the Rajas appeared to be living a ˜normal Australian life

and Proust whose symptoms and sensitivities gradually narrowed his life to the space of his cork-lined bedroom

What they don't realise is that they are not just putting their lives in danger