Wind and Stone
Published on 1. July 1998
160 pages
978-0-89346-997-9 (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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Masaaki Tachihara (1926-1980) was born the son of a Zen priest in Taegu, Korea, and grew up studying the arts of medieval Japan, especially 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.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- [Illustrations]
- Stones
- Trees
- Water
- The Garden Path
- The Flow
- Wind
