Name: In Praise of Shadows
Rating: 4.35 (2 reviews)
Author: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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A writer, poet and beauty expert, Murasaki Shikibu's book of essays explores architecture, jade, food and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings with descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. 

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In Praise of Shadows

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