Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

V tsentre nastojaschego sbornika - polemika Akutagavy Rjunoske i Tanidzaki Dzjunitiro, razvernuvshajasja v 1920-e gody na stranitsakh zhurnala "Kajdzo". Pisateli veli zhivoj i naprjazhennyj spor o prirode sjuzheta, poeticheskom dukhe i granitsakh realizma. Dlja nikh literatura stala sposobom osmyslit razryv mezhdu Vostokom i Zapadom, traditsiej i modernom: kniga pokazyvaet, kak japonskaja kultura vstupila v novuju epokhu ne cherez podrazhanie, a cherez vnutrennij spor o forme, morali i chuvstvennosti pisma. Diskussija Akutagavy i Tanidzaki ne daet otveta na vopros, "kakoj dolzhna byt literatura". Ona fiksiruet redkij moment, kogda kultura v litse literatury esche sposobna ostanovitsja i sprosit, na kakom osnovanii ona voobsche trebuet k sebe doverija. Zavershaetsja rabota rjadom lirichnykh statej Tanidzaki, napisannykh kak reaktsija na samoubijstvo Akutagavy i pozvoljajuschikh glubzhe ponjat otnoshenija mezhdu pisateljami. Kniga vykhodit v ramkakh proekta hide books, posvjaschennogo Vostochnoj Azii i Dalnemu Vostoku.

"Lamanij khrest" (1928) - odin z najviznachnishikh romaniv Tanidzaki, jakij ne rizikuvali perekladati jevropejskimi movami do 1982 roku. Populjarnij u pismennika tip zvabnitsi, skhilnoji do dominuvannja, nabuvaje tut novikh ris. Rozkrivajetsja z nespodivanogo boku i sche odna uljublena tema avtora - nevdovolenist simejnim zhittjam, zasnovanim na traditsijakh. Ljubovnij trikutnik iz zaboronenimi stosunkami, bazhannja i pidozri, udavannja ta superechki, zbochena ta vidchajdushna gra proanalizovani z priskiplivoju tochnistju. Peripetiji sjuzhetu j podiji, sprichineni vzajemnimi obmanami, trimajut chitacha v stalij napruzi, a rozv'jazka zmushuje vkotre zamislitisja nad problemami zhittja, smerti j kokhannja.

Anotatsija "Na ljubov i smak", Dzjun' itiro Tanidzaki1920-ti roki v Tokio. Kaname, vitonchenij burzhua z poverkhnevimi zakhidnimi interesami, odruzhenij zi stilnoju Misako. Prote podruzhzhja vzhe protjagom kilkokh zastrjaglo u pasttsi parodiji na progresivnij zakhidnij shljub. Prirva, scho rozdilila paru, prodovzhuje zrostati, i rozluchennja pochinaje stavati neminuchim rishennjam. Jikhnomu shljubu brakuje najgolovnishoji osnovi - kokhannja. Podruzhzhja vzhe davno ne maje intimnikh stosunkiv odne z odnim. Vidchuvajuchi provinu, Kaname proponuje druzhini znajti sobi kokhantsja. Neschasliva para namagajetsja nabratisja smilivosti ostatochno rozirvati svoji zv' jazki. Prote cholovik postijno sumnivajetsja, adzhe bojitsja, scho rozluchennja pogano vpline na jogo stosunki zi svekrom i sinom. Ale j zhittja razom prinosit muki obom, tozh pari dovedetsja schos zminjuvati, jakscho voni ne khochut provesti reshtu zhittja u strazhdannjakh.Pro knigu "Na ljubov i smak"Khocha Kaname sam tsogo ne zovsim usvidomljuje, jogo neschastja znachnoju miroju sprichinene pragnennjam do spokoju starogo japonskogo sposobu zhittja ta nezdatnosti povnistju jogo prijnjati. Odnogo razu cholovik zustrichaje zhinku, jaka je zhivim vtilennjam staroji Japoniji. Zdajetsja, tse mozhe nareshti poklasti kraj neschaslivomu shljubu.Roman "Na ljubov i smak" Dzjunjitiro Tanidzaki, odnogo z najvidomishikh japonskikh avtoriv XX stolittja, stav povorotnim dlja pismennika. Tsej tvir je napivbiografichnim i znamenuje vidkhid vid zakhidnoji kulturi j povernennja do dzherel. Originalnu nazvu mozhna traktuvati jak krilatij visliv "Kozhnomu svoje". Vidsutnist chitkosti u strukturi mozhe spantelichiti zakhidnogo chitacha abo chasom zmusiti jogo sprijmati golovnikh gerojiv dosit negativno. Prote sut stilju Tanidzaki u natjakakh, i jak vislovivsja sam avtor - jakscho chitachi zrozumili personazhiv, voni diznajutsja, chim zakinchujetsja istorija.Kniga privabljuje osobistim konfliktom mizh personazhami ta zitknennjam mizh staroju ta novoju kulturami, nastilki kharakternim dlja suchasnoji Japoniji. TSi dva protistojannja majsterno pereplitajutsja ta zlivajutsja na kozhnomu rivni tsogo intimnogo zobrazhennja japonskoji rodini. Avtor chasto pidkresljuje vazhlivist krasi ta chuttjevosti, posilajuchis na traditsijne mistetstvo, arkhitekturu ta sezonni obrazi ridnoji krajini. Tsja kniga mozhe spodobatisja tim, khto tsikavitsja japonskoju kulturoju ta literaturoju, perejmajetsja temoju problemnogo shljubu, ljubit psikhologichni ta introspektivni romani.

'A master of death and eros' LA Weekly 'Japan's great modern novelist. Tanizaki created a lifelong series of ingenious variations on a dominant theme: the power of love to energize and destroy' Chicago Tribune The sage Confucius visits a cultured duke, whose pursuit of virtue is threatened by the desires of his dazzling, malicious consort. A naïve servant elopes with his master's daughter, only to be plunged headlong into a world of murder and corruption. Exhausted by a lifestyle of never-ending debauchery, a young prince finds himself obsessed with a sorrowful, beguiling mermaid. These three stories, in a gorgeous new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, distil the essence of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's shorter fiction: the commingling of Japanese and Chinese mythologies, the dark side of desire and the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe. Translated by Bryan Karetnyk. Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) is widely considered one of Japan's most important writers. Born in Tokyo to a family of printers, he began his literary career in 1909 and published numerous plays, essays, novels and short stories. His writing is characterised by ironic wit, subtle interpersonal dynamics and charged depictions of sexuality and cultural identity. The Tanizaki Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious awards, is named in his honour. Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His translations for Pushkin Press include works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva and Ryunosuke Akutagawa. He is also the editor of the Penguin Classics anthology Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.

Dzjunitiro Tanidzaki vozglavljal esteticheskoe napravlenie v japonskoj literature i schital, chto krasota - edinstvennoe, chto stoit vnimanija v ogromnom i pustom mire.V znakovom esse "Pokhvala teni" Tanidzaki opisyvaet protivostojanie Vostoka i Zapada, progressa i traditsij, sveta i teni. Takzhe v etot sbornik voshli izbrannye povesti i rasskazy avtora, v kotorykh Tanidzaki v polnoj mere demonstriruet svoj blestjaschij stil, jasnyj ritm povestvovanija, neprevzojdennoe vladenie slovom i glubokoe ponimanie istorii i traditsij rodnoj strany.

Roman "Komu-to i polyn sladka" (1929) prinadlezhit k luchshim obraztsam prozy Tanidzaki. Eto istorija o neschastlivom brake: muzh i zhena davno uzhe tjagotjatsja svoimi uzami, no vmesto togo chtoby rasstatsja i obresti zhelannuju svobodu, prodolzhajut muchit sebja i drug druga...Odnako glavnyj interes romana zakljuchaetsja ne v sjuzhetnoj kollizii kak takovoj, a v samoj ego atmosfere. Liricheskoe nachalo prosvechivaet skvoz vsju tkan povestvovanija, svjazyvaja voedino obektivnost opisanij i subektivnost avtorskikh otsenok, pamjat proshlogo i perezhivanie nastojaschego, prirodu i iskusstvo, zhiznennoe i zhitejskoe. Mir romana neierarkhichen, v nem vse odinakovo tsenno, i kazhdaja konkretnaja detal nadelena tem osobym svojstvom, kotoroe po-japonski nazyvaetsja "mono-no avare" - pechalnym ocharovaniem veschej.

'One of the greatest Japanese writers... his work explores the destructive power of erotic obsessions' Guardian 'Outstanding... rich and mysterious' New York Times Book Review A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy The rich and mysterious short stories of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki pulse with a restless eroticism. Visiting a kingdom ruled by a weak-willed duke, the sage Confucius finds himself drawn into a battle of wills. A naïve servant boy is compelled down a path of vice and sin by his master's daughter. A young prince finds himself enraptured by his newest possession: a beguiling, enchanting mermaid. These three stories, two of which are here translated for the first time by Bryan Karetnyk, capture the essence of Tanizaki's shorter writings. Drawing on tales from both Japanese and Chinese mythology, combined with poignant psychological realism, Tanizaki reveals and revels in the paper-thin line between the sublime and the depraved.

Tanidzaki Dzjunitiro (1886-1965) - odin iz samykh vydajuschikhsja japonskikh pisatelej XX veka, poluchivshij mirovoe priznanie.Sredi ego mnogochislennykh proizvedenij naibolee znamenity dva romana - "Kljuch" i "Dnevnik bezumnogo starika".Publikatsija "Kljucha" v 1956 g. vyzvala burnuju obschestvennuju reaktsiju vplot do debatov v japonskom parlamente o zapreschenii romana kak beznravstvennogo i pornograficheskogo.Takoj zhe skandal vyzvalo i pojavlenie vsego za tri goda do smerti avtora "Dnevnika bezumnogo starika".Oba eti proizvedenija porazhajut svoej zhiznennoj siloj, otkrovennym erotizmom i besstrashiem v opisanijakh samykh tonkikh, samykh intimnykh chelovecheskikh otnoshenij.Tonchajshij stilist, neprevzojdennyj master literaturnykh alljuzij, smelyj eksperimentator, nikogda ne bojavshijsja, a zachastuju i stremivshijsja shokirovat pochtennogo chitatelja, pretvoril banalnye istorii v pritchu o neistrebimom stremlenii cheloveka k polnote zhizni i o nevozmozhnosti primiritsja so starostju i smertju.Perevodchik: Sisauri Vladislav Iraklievich

Roman "Melkij sneg" (Sasame juki) odno iz samykh znamenitykh proizvedenij Dzjunitiro Tanidzaki (1886-1965), v kotorom masterstvo pisatelja projavilos vo vsej svoej polnote i originalnosti.Eto semejnaja saga, risujuschaja zhizn chetyrekh sester iz starinnogo kupecheskogo roda. Vospitannye v traditsionnom dukhe, no zametno evropeizirovannye i ne chuzhdye artisticheskikh darovanij, oni vystupajut kak khranitelnitsy kultury pered litsom nadvigajuschejsja vojny i novogo varvarstva.Kljuchom k ponimaniju romana sluzhit poeticheskij obraz, vynesennyj v ego zaglavie i raskryvajuschij ego vnutrennij, sokrovennyj smysl. Sneg, naravne s tsvetami sakury, izdavna schitaetsja v Japonii obektom esteticheskogo ljubovanija. Nazvanie knigi prochityvaetsja kak emkij simvol prekrasnogo, simvol khrupkoj krasoty i garmonii, protivostojaschej silam khaosa i razrushenija.

Jun’ichiro Tanizaki is one of the most eminent Japanese writers of the twentieth century, renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity. Most acclaimed for his postwar novels such as The Makioka Sisters and The Key, Tanizaki made his literary debut in 1910. This book presents three powerful stories of family life from the first decade of Tanizaki’s career that foreshadow the themes the great writer would go on to explore.“Longing” recounts the fantastic journey of a precocious young boy through an eerie nighttime landscape. Replete with striking natural images and uncanny human encounters, it ends with a striking revelation. “Sorrows of a Heretic” follows a university student and aspiring novelist who lives in degrading poverty in a Tokyo tenement. Ambitious and tormented, the young man rebels against his family against a backdrop of sickness and death. “The Story of an Unhappy Mother” describes a vivacious but self-centered woman’s drastic transformation after a freak accident involving her son and daughter-in-law. Written in different genres, the three stories are united by a focus on mothers and sons and a concern for Japan’s traditional culture in the face of Westernization. The longtime Tanizaki translators Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy masterfully bring these important works to an Anglophone audience.

Jun’ichiro Tanizaki is one of the most eminent Japanese writers of the twentieth century, renowned for his investigations of family dynamics, eroticism, and cultural identity. Most acclaimed for his postwar novels such as The Makioka Sisters and The Key, Tanizaki made his literary debut in 1910. This book presents three powerful stories of family life from the first decade of Tanizaki’s career that foreshadow the themes the great writer would go on to explore.“Longing” recounts the fantastic journey of a precocious young boy through an eerie nighttime landscape. Replete with striking natural images and uncanny human encounters, it ends with a striking revelation. “Sorrows of a Heretic” follows a university student and aspiring novelist who lives in degrading poverty in a Tokyo tenement. Ambitious and tormented, the young man rebels against his family against a backdrop of sickness and death. “The Story of an Unhappy Mother” describes a vivacious but self-centered woman’s drastic transformation after a freak accident involving her son and daughter-in-law. Written in different genres, the three stories are united by a focus on mothers and sons and a concern for Japan’s traditional culture in the face of Westernization. The longtime Tanizaki translators Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy masterfully bring these important works to an Anglophone audience.

I Hyllest til halvmørket (1933) vil Tanizaki undersøke hva som er grunnlaget for den tradisjonelle japanske estetikken - hele den utsøkte, forfinede kulturen som var truet av moderniseringen og innflytelsen fra den vestlige verden. For å finne svaret går forfatteren til den klassiske japanske arkitekturen og byggekunsten - men også til forskjellige og ofte overraskende kulturelle uttrykk som jadeskulpturer, matretter, toalettvaner, keramikk eller klestradisjoner - for å utforske det genuint japanske. Resultatet er en klassisk beskrivelse av kollisjonen mellom det magiske halvmørket i tradisjonelle japanske bygg og modernitetens kalde, hvite lys. Men også en enestående bok om japansk kultur som sådan - en tekst for alle som er fascinert av det japanske, og som ønsker å lære og forstå mer om landet som har gitt oss Kurosawa, Murakami, Mishima og Myazaki. Jun'ichir Tanizaki (1886-1965) var en av Japans største forfattere i det 20. århundre. Her i Norge er han mest kjent for den besnærende romanen Søstrene Makioka (1943-1948), som sjarmertebåde norske lesere og kritikere da den utkom første gang på norsk på Forlaget Press i 2014. I romanen om Makioka-søstrene møtte vi en tradisjonsrik aristokratisk familie som kjempet for å tilpasse seg de store samfunnsomveltningene i Japan i årene før andre verdenskrig. Det spenningsfylte forholdet mellom modernisering og tradisjon i Japan på 1900-tallet - og mellom Øst og Vest - var et hovedtema for hele Tanizakis forfatterskap. Indirekte er dette også temaet i teksten som regnes som forfatterens kanskje fremste mesterverk ved siden av Søstrene Makioka: Det vakre og uutgrunnelige essayet Hyllest til halvmørket - en unik utforsking av japansk estetikk, kultur og livsfølelse.