Seven Japanese Tales

Seven Japanese TalesBy: Junichiro Tanizaki Series: Vintage International Junichiro Tanizakis Seven Japanese Tales collects stories that explore the boundary at which love becomes self annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of voluptuous cruelty. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite

and social disaffection

her cuddly and most-favorite-ever teddy bear

By: Robert Clark   | Series: Vintage Contemporaries When William Lowry writes to Emily Byrne–I don’t know if you know that you know me–the seventeen-year-old hardly suspects that his life

Seventh President Andrew Jackson was a man of contradictions: quick tempered and brash

and includes updated suggestions for further reading

The weekend is carefully curated

healing spaces to live and grow in

he finds himself at the altar—on camera—staring at Andie

paralytics turned cartwheels

and a great sense of timing

2025 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Title

I've learned that our best moments come after we've faced our most devestating defeats— when we choose to rise with unwavering resolve