Wind and Stone
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Wind and Stone
By (Author) Masaaki Tachihara
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
16th February 2007
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
895.63
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 139mm, Height 215mm, Spine 12mm
226g
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.
Author Bio
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.
