The Makioka Sisters Anders Roslund from 1941-43

from 1941-43

Emily’s lost a few clients

She knows—everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful

Bateson-Koch provides insight into why allergy is becoming more common

He describes the “dark side” of social intelligence

The Makioka Sisters Anders Roslund from 1941-43In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life that is vanishing. As told by Junichiro Tanizaki, the story of the Makioka sisters forms what is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century, a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family and an entire society sliding into the abyss of modernity. Tsuruko, the eldest sister, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name