The Maids

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Book Overview

The Maids is a jewel: an astonishing complement to The Makioka Sisters, set in the same house, in the same turbulent decades, but among the servants as much as the masters. The Maids concerns all the young women who work--before, during, and after WWII--in the pampered, elegant household of the famous author Chikura Raikichi, his wife Sanko, and her younger sister. Though quite well-to-do, Raikichi has a small house: the family and the maids (usually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811224929
• ISBN13: 9780811224925
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"