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Some Prefer Nettles
Some Prefer Nettles
Author: Junichiro Tanizaki
"Tanizaki puts himself in a line of stylists...who aim at a dreamy, floating prose. They are suspicious of too vivid a choice of words, too clear a view, too conspicuous a transition from one figure or idea to the other. They prefer their prose to be misty, to suggest more than it says..." [from the introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker] — Simi...  more »
ISBN: 217256
Publication Date: 11/1960
Pages: 143
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Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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