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作者：nunia 在 寒山小径 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
'A Cat. A Man and Two Women' by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, translated by Paul McCarthy. ISBN 0-87011-755-6
If you can get a copy of the book, i strongly recommend it. What distinguishes this wonderful new collection - a novella (the title story) and two shorter pieces - is its lightheartedness, its comic realism. All three stories, however, are variations on a favorite theme: dominance and submission in private relationship. The 'man' in the title piece is a typical Tanizaki hero - spoiled, self-indulgent, and obstinately ineffectual - caught up in a war between his vindictive former wife and her willful young successor, both rivals of the fourth party in the title - Lily - seductive, elegant, and magnificently in control - a tortoiseshell cat. The struggle among these three female characters for possession of this feckless man, and his bumbling attempts to assert himself, make for a series of richly entertaining confrontations....
作者：nunia 在 寒山小径 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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From 费滢高考作文《人情与季节》there on...
