Quicksand

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Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young, but her story is at odds with her image. It is a tale of infatuation and deceit, of deliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko’s mild-mannered husband.

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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

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Weight 0.139 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 13 × 1.2 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

224

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

895.6443 (edition:20)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K