Wind and Stone

by Masaaki Tachihara

Book Overview

In detailing the affair between a garden designer and his client's wife, this stylistic Japanese novel explores the roots of passion.

Mizue is a Japanese housewife. Kase is a garden designer hired by her husband to landscape their home. As the garden takes shape, Mizue awakens to a new sensuality and desire. A disturbing tale of seduction, based on Japanese aesthetics and the artistic pursuit of destructive beauty.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096281377X
• ISBN13: 9780962813771
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful piece of writing

Unlike the other review written by somebody obviously lacking patience for good literature and seeking immediate gratification, I think this is a wonderful book and I've read it several times through. It offers a look into human emotions (including those of Mizue and Tamiko, if one is paying attention), and has a relaxing quality to it. It ties rock garden design in beautifully with the exchange and flow of human emotions, and offers interesting insights into human relations in general. Also, it's just plain enjoyable to read, and a quick read at that! I also think the translation is wonderfully done, although that might have something to do with the fact that I had Stephen Kohl as a Japanese lit teacher at UO and really enjoyed his classes.