Netgalley: Longing and Other Stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

 

Longing and Other Stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Three stories about the complicated relation of mother and son, each story potrays a different kind of relation. First, we have a son who misses his lost mother and dreams about her, then a son who neglects his filial duties toward his parents and finally, we have a mother's extreme self-centredness that leads to a domestic tragedy.
Through these stories, the author also depicted the impact on families of the changes that faced the japanese society.

I own some of Tanizaki's books and I admit that I was scared from this author but thanks to this book which I really enjoyed, I found that his writing's style is fascinating. I liked these three stories but mainly the two last ones due to the characters and their complexities.

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