Wind and Stone
Published on 16. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-9628137-7-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mizue is a Japanese housewife. Kase is a garden designer hired by her husband to landscape their home. As the garden takes shape, Mizue wakens to a new sensuality and desire. A disturbing tale of seduction, based on Japanese aesthetics and the artistic pursuit of destructive beauty.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley CA
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
211 gr
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978-0-9628137-7-1 (9780962813771)
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Tachihara (1926-1980) was born the son of a Zen priest in Taegu, Korea, and grew up studying the arts of medieval Japan, expecially literature and the Noh theater. A resident of Kamakura, he wrote novels and short stories, as well as a collection of essays on the Japanese garden. In 1961 he was awarded the Naoki Prize for Fiction.