In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)

from missizicks

On the surface, an inconsequential set of ramblings about how Japan's pursuit of Western illumination has ruined certain aesthetic traditions. I had to remind myself that it was written in the 1930...

from hohlwelt

The book was written in the 1920s and is a very personal critique of modernity (electric light, modern livestyles) changing the traditional Japanese way of life. Interesting is Tanizki poetic sensi...

from AnthonyTFS

In the morning of August 6th 1945 the American B-29 aeroplane Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Reports always speak of the blinding light and fireball that formed with a surface tempe...

from Meredy

Six-word review: The beauty in things seen dimly. Extended review: Earthy and sublime by turns, this brief study sheds light--and shadow--on the aesthetic principles of a culture that typically mys...

from Neftzger

This was an interesting book about light and shadows, but it's more or less a commentary on the differences between cultures and a desire to maintain a cultural identity and values in the modern ag...