About the Book: Makioka Sisters
'An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade...Id put
it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century David Mitchell a near-perfect
novel hanya yanagihara in the years leading up to the second World War, four
sisters live in dilapidated houses in Osaka and ashiya, and each navigate their
own complex, personal relationship to the fading lustre of the making family
name. Rich with breath-taking descriptions of ancient customs and an
ever-changing natural world, junichiro tanizaki evokes in loving detail a
long-lost way of life even as it withers under the harsh glare of modernity.
Translated by Edward seidensticker