{"product_id":"the-reed-cutter-and-captain-shigemotos-mother-two-novellas","title":"The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo late novellas by Junichirō Tanizaki, paired in one volume and written after he had already made his reputation as a chronicler of obsession. \u003cem\u003eThe Reed Cutter\u003c\/em\u003e is a slow, riverbank meditation on beauty, desire, and the unreliable memory of a woman glimpsed years before. \u003cem\u003eCaptain Shigemoto's Mother\u003c\/em\u003e returns to the Heian court for a story of a noblewoman's affair, abduction, and the son who reconstructs her legend. Tanizaki's usual obsessions—women's cruelty, erotic longing, the gap between historical record and fantasy—are present in miniature, refined rather than diluted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnopf's edition presents the pair with the quiet authority of translated fiction from a major house. Neither story offers the release of a conventional ending; both prefer to let longing settle like sediment. Best read by those who find unease more sustaining than resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabound","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48479507153108,"sku":"067942010X","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/5410\/7860\/files\/9780679757917.jpg?v=1786843799","url":"https:\/\/checkout.vagaboundbooks.com\/products\/the-reed-cutter-and-captain-shigemotos-mother-two-novellas","provider":"Vagabound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}